DREAM CRUISE

Cruise choices: convertible or coupe?

With retro-styling that updates the Fiat 124 Spider’s ‘60s look for a new century, the Spider fits right into a Cruise culture that treasures nostalgic designs like Mustang, Challenger and Camaro.
With retro-styling that updates the Fiat 124 Spider’s ‘60s look for a new century, the Spider fits right into a Cruise culture that treasures nostalgic designs like Mustang, Challenger and Camaro.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
At a Dream Cruise D-MAN Foundation benefit for the less privileged, I gave rides in the Fiat 124 to passengers like Randy Newton, 31, a cerebral palsy victim.
At a Dream Cruise D-MAN Foundation benefit for the less privileged, I gave rides in the Fiat 124 to passengers like Randy Newton, 31, a cerebral palsy victim.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Inching along in the Friday evening Cruise jam, I chatted with cars on the right and left of my topless Fiat 124 Spider while routinely taking smartphone “selfies” of cars streaming for miles behind me.
Inching along in the Friday evening Cruise jam, I chatted with cars on the right and left of my topless Fiat 124 Spider while routinely taking smartphone “selfies” of cars streaming for miles behind me.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
The 2017 Camaro's long hood and shallow greenhouse make visibility a challenge. Chevy’s coupe is for a different kind of display: horsepower. With 455 horsepower on tap from the same small-block V-8 found under the hood of cousin Corvette, the SS is a master at the Woodward burnout.
The 2017 Camaro's long hood and shallow greenhouse make visibility a challenge. Chevy’s coupe is for a different kind of display: horsepower. With 455 horsepower on tap from the same small-block V-8 found under the hood of cousin Corvette, the SS is a master at the Woodward burnout.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
For 50 years, Camaro has been the answer to motorhead dreams.
For 50 years, Camaro has been the answer to motorhead dreams.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Inside the Chevy Camaro SS, the angled windshield is so shallow that I had to lean forward just to watch stoplights change.
Inside the Chevy Camaro SS, the angled windshield is so shallow that I had to lean forward just to watch stoplights change.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Sculpted with muscular flanks and squashed greenhouse, the Camaro coupe might pass for a front-engine Lamborghini but for the bowtie Chevy logo on the grille. Readers looking for the perfect mix of topless roadster sociability and tire-smoking coupe macho may have already figured out the solution: The Camaro SS convertible. Happy cruisin’.
Sculpted with muscular flanks and squashed greenhouse, the Camaro coupe might pass for a front-engine Lamborghini but for the bowtie Chevy logo on the grille. Readers looking for the perfect mix of topless roadster sociability and tire-smoking coupe macho may have already figured out the solution: The Camaro SS convertible. Happy cruisin’.
Henry Payne, The Detroit News