Love it or loathe it, the Woodward Dream Cruise is back, 30 years since it began.

For 16 miles along Woodward Avenue on Saturday, Aug. 16, supercars, classics, three-wheelers, hot rods, electric vehicles, muscle cars and even some cars fashioned to drive backward rumbled (or hummed) down the road. The longstanding Motor City tradition was expected to draw more than one million automotive enthusiasts to the Woodward corridor from Ferndale to Pontiac, organizers estimated .

Usually on Woodward, fast, loud and shiny cars stand out among a constant stream of everyday commuter cars.

Not so during the Dream Cruise. By 10 a.m., the road was congested with traffic and populated mostly by collector cars, with a few drivers in family cars standing out — for once.

Van lifin'

Jim Braden, 65, sa

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