ROYAL OAK – On the corner of Woodward Avenue and 13 Mile, over 100 beautiful cars from General Motors employees filled the parking lot at the Northwood Plaza for the 4th annual GM Design on Woodward.
This charitable event for the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Oakland County featured cars new & old with the backdrop of rides cruising Woodward.
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Food, music, face painting, and a band all were a part of the festivities.
The official day for the Woodward Dream Cruise is Saturday but everyone knows the classics cruise all week.
Hundreds of people, young and old, lined the streets in their lawn chairs to watch the chrome pass by and spend quality time with friends and family.
The Woodward Dream Cruise is said to be the largest automobile event in the world. With over 40,000 classic cars & over 1.5 million people expected to attend, the Dream Cruise provides a huge economic stimulus to our area. Estimates say over $50 million are generated for the local economy. For our preview of the event, click here.
There's a few things going on Thursday. From 6pm-9pm, the Viper Car Show will be held at Woodward and 13 Mile. The Ferndale Dream Cruise will be kicking off on East Nine Mile and Woodward. As always, there will be spontaneous pop-up car shows and classics cruising up and down Woodward, so make sure to stop by.
We'll be covering the festivities all week. If you'd like to find out more about what's going on pre-Dream Cruise, click here.
And if you're still not convinced that you should be out at Woodward, author Robert Genat has 10 reasons you should be attending Woodward Avenue this week.
Will you be going to the Dream Cruise? Do you have a classic car you'd like to share? Well here's your chance! Use the hashtag #CruiseTheD on Instagram or Twitter to share your pictures and thoughts. They'll appear on our Cruise The D app! It's filled with the latest car cruising news, pictures, and video.
Don't have the app yet? Search "Cruise The D" in your app store or click here to find out how to download it.
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