Cruisin’ the Coast shatters vehicle registration record during 29th edition

Cruisin’ the Coast saw a historic turnout for the 29th edition of the car show held annually along Mississippi’s portion of the Gulf Coast.

According to officials, the final tally of registered rods landed at 10,334 – a record-breaking number that drove past the 10,070 cars in 2023 and made circles around last year’s count of 9,962. It highlights a monumental climb from a 374-car show when it started in 1996 to now being named USA Today’s best car show in America six years in a row.

Of those represented at the 2025 edition of Cruisin’ the Coast were vehicles from 42 U.S. states, Canada, Australia, England, and Germany. While the bulk of participants came from states in the Southeast – 8,446 being via Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida – one car hop