Sep 5 2008Study: Sports Cars Really Do Turn Women On
Despite containing drivers with notoriously small packages, women really are turned on by exotic sports cars, according to a study recently conducted by British insurer Hiscox (!).
To test the theory that high-performance cars get people hot, Moxon had 40 men and women listen to recordings of the three Italian exotics and a Volkswagen Polo. Everyone had significantly more testosterone after hearing the exotics, and all of the women were turned on by the Maserati. The guys, on the other hand, were drawn to the Lamborghini."We saw significant peaks in the amount of testosterone in the body, particularly in women," Maxon says, noting that even women who said they had no interest in cars were turned on. "Testosterone is indicative of positive arousal in the human body so we can confidently conclude from the results out today that the roar of a luxury car engine actually does cause a primeval physiological response."
Wait a minute -- testosterone is what makes a person turned on? So what if I buy a Ferrari to impress the chicks, but then end up in a steady relationship? Will she, you know, dude-ify? Because, as the saying goes: fool me once, shame on you, but you grow a penis and this relationship is f***in' over.
Hit the jump for videos of each car so you can hear for yourself.
Maserati:
Lamborghini:
Ferrari:
VW:
Science Proves Exotic Cars Turn Women On [wired]
Thanks to Mick and Amanda, who both know its what's on the inside that matters. Plush leather!
Reader Comments
1. Icon - September 5, 2008 5:24 PM
You know what really turns me on. Tetris. Eh? Eh? Am I right or am I right? Where's my Amy at.
2. Icon - September 5, 2008 5:25 PM
Oh, and there is yet another first for me you slow sons of bitches!
XOXO,
Icon.
3. alex - September 5, 2008 5:31 PM
who is the hottie in the car? forget the car, SHE turns me on!
4. Ms. Mollie - September 5, 2008 5:33 PM
i'm rarely turned on by guys driving sports cars.
i'm mostly turned on by driving sports cars...
5. Rebel664 - September 5, 2008 5:37 PM
Any of you girls are turn on by a 99 nissan sentra? Call me
6. Benjamin Tudino - September 5, 2008 5:45 PM
What about a 2002 Malibu? Chicks like $$ even more than cars, and my malibu cost almost nothing, leaving me enough clams to keep a girl well supplied in clams.
7. Sam - September 5, 2008 5:50 PM
They are not turned on by the sports car, they are turned on by the money that they know the guy has.
8. Rebel664 - September 5, 2008 5:59 PM
Its a fact, girls are turn on by car noices, one time in band camp i made Vrooommmmm noices exactly like a maserati inside a cardboard box, best night in my life. Honest to God truth.
9. Jazzman - September 5, 2008 5:59 PM
Oh you call that news... i know that ever since i bought my '80 V. W. rabbit... No gurls at all :-(
10. CaptainMorgan - September 5, 2008 6:04 PM
This would explain why chicks don't dig my own personal exhaust note.
*Note to self: less beans = hotter chicks.
11. chaosthirteen - September 5, 2008 6:05 PM
I'm still waiting for a female to even care enough to "hit the jump," and post something. Looks like Icon is too.
Hey Amy, ask Icon about his secretary/receptionist friend.
12. Icon - September 5, 2008 6:12 PM
Don't ruin the fun chaosthirteen. It's the gift that keeps on giving.
13. chaosthirteen - September 5, 2008 6:23 PM
@12 That would be morally wrong. So sure.. why not. I'll keep it under my hat.
14. chaosthirteen - September 5, 2008 6:49 PM
I had to return to share this recently remembered knowledge. No matter the car, no matter the price, no matter the condition... Women go crazy over and over sized, "whale-tail," rear spoiler.
Got a 1999 Nissan Sentra... HUGE rear spoiler.
Got a 2002 Malibu... HUGE rear Spoiler
Got a 1980 V. W. Rabbit... Better not risk it, HUGE front and rear spoiler. And maybe one of those nifty, "racing exhaust pipes."
Good luck all.
15. Sarah - September 5, 2008 7:44 PM
The Maserati is yummy.
Mmmmm
16. Obama TalkstooMuch - September 5, 2008 8:36 PM
I just played all of the vids at once and gained 30lbs of muscle and most of it is pure boner!
17. Antonio - September 5, 2008 9:03 PM
Dammit. I guess my Honda metropolitan won't cut it... jkjk I own the Maserati they used for the test noise and I'm just gonna say, it totally works. : )
18. Yogabba - September 6, 2008 1:44 AM
I poop where i please.
19. gemini - September 6, 2008 2:42 AM
I grew up around cars-and honestly, nothing turns me on more than a boy who can drive well. And you don't need a nice car to drive well, I mean it certainly wouldn't hurt to have a nice car. But, generally speaking, if the car is too nice then you're probably an egotistical bastard. And by drive well, I don't mean obey all traffic laws and be super boring...
20. Gadgets And Cars - September 6, 2008 3:29 AM
2009 new cars.
21. rob - September 6, 2008 5:54 AM
what an awful place to park a lambo
22. Ash - September 6, 2008 11:52 AM
I tell you what chicks dig my 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Even more so when i got sent back to the middle ages to kick the ass of my evil twin with my chainsaw and boomstick. I totally got laid. Chicks love the 88. Give me some sugar baby
23. Meg - September 6, 2008 12:14 PM
I'm a chick...And sports cars don't turn me on. Not being a complete douchebag is far more attractive than a loud shiny car, to me anyway.
24. GEOFF LEPPARD - September 6, 2008 6:36 PM
You're in the minority, apparently.
25. Hunter - September 7, 2008 2:30 AM
@7 - TRUE
@8 - noices? and it wasn't a true story, I saw her whip her mace out...
@16 - Obama DOES talk too much!
Ultimate turn-on: A guy who drives a sports car whose life ISN'T his sports car.
26. Anya - September 7, 2008 3:56 AM
The turn on is power.
On another note,
Remember that guy who loved cars far too much.
27. SevenAce - September 7, 2008 1:08 PM
FIRST!!!! OMG!! BOO YAA IN YOUR FACE!!! FIRSTTTT!!!
....wait...
....I don't think I got the concept. hmmm.....
28. Amy - September 7, 2008 4:59 PM
I dunno....maybe I need to rethink my way of living. My current guy is more of a Kia Rio. Maybe what I really need is a Dodge Ram.
29. poop - September 7, 2008 7:56 PM
when are girls gonna be attracted to guys with kick ass computers? call me when that happens..
30. bR1an - September 7, 2008 11:34 PM
Lets talk about exhaust notes. While the above exoticars may sound good enough to turn some women on, they really need to listen to a Honda RC166
6 cylinder 250cc GP bike. Pure orgasm inducing internal combustion glory with a song to make angels and demons want to get it on.
31. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - September 8, 2008 5:30 AM
This doesn't work on me, does that mean I'm a guy trapped in a woman's body? Surely if that were the case though I'd like cars even more? Shit, I'm confused....
32. Ash - September 8, 2008 8:54 AM
hey come on ive had plenty of women want to get in the back seat of my fort taurus a many a time. I didnt even have to pay them. They paid me. Of course thats usually how it goes when your a cab driver.
33. Amaranth - September 8, 2008 9:11 AM
guess those researchers finally caught on to the source of the chic magnet, this is common sense that does not require a scientific research... what a joke. everyone knows why the ladies like the sexy ride. status, money, and free ride in a nice car to be seen by others = shallow girls that will give it up.
34. http://webescape.wordpress.com/ - September 8, 2008 9:35 AM
Wow.... phrases like chic (the K is over by the L sweetpea) magnets and 'give it up'
What are you like 12?
35. Thumperchica - September 8, 2008 9:37 AM
C'mon, is this really a surprize? If she's not a car girl, it's the sound of $$.
If she's a Mopar whore, it's a hemi (hemi-cuda...ooooh). If she's formula 1 fan, it's gay french drivers...
36. Alex - September 8, 2008 10:45 AM
Since I know from experience that the only other thing that turns women on more than sports cars is having their grammar corrected, I feel I should point out the misplaced modifier in the first sentence of this post.
You wrote: "Despite containing drivers with notoriously small packages, women really are turned on by exotic sports cars."
What this literally means is that the women contain the drivers with notoriously small packages, not that the cars contain the drivers with notoriously small packages.
While being turned on eventually might lead to this sort of "containment" situation, I think what you meant to say is, "Despite containing drivers with notoriously small packages, exotic sports cars really do turn women on." This is a little awkward, I know, but the meaning is clearer. The ladies will thank you.
Incidentally, this is one of those situations in which, though grammatically incorrect in this sentence, the passive voice ("ladies are turned on by...") would be less awkward than the active voice ("cars turn ladies on"). This is because of the unusual grammatical rules surrounding colloquial verbs like "to turn on."
Now excuse me while I fight off all the hot ladies with a stick (i.e., my wiener).
37. che-che - September 8, 2008 11:29 AM
wow, scientists are good. i also heard that found out through studies, that children who get spanked are more well mannered the ones that dont get spanked.
where would be without these guys. i am total debt to these guys. i can see why the governemnt dumps millions into grants for them.
38. Mine - September 8, 2008 11:34 AM
I just want to know who the Hot Chick in the car is!!!
39. OctoGooch - September 8, 2008 11:51 AM
Sports car
Sports bar
Sports bra
need i say more? probably. but i refuse to.
40. TimCat - September 8, 2008 12:08 PM
If the girl in the car has a personality proportional to how beautiful she is I would take her over the cars any day.
41. Foobar - September 8, 2008 12:37 PM
Who else imagines Alex wearing a tweed jacket with elbow patches, and smoking a pipe?
I also imagine him in a crappy job at a community college where the only benefit is getting stupid girls to blow him in order to gain a passing grade. Eventually he will be found out, and fired.
42. Anya - September 8, 2008 12:47 PM
How about thinking in terms of women enjoying being behind the wheel (and power) of a hot car.
43. Superevil - September 8, 2008 1:32 PM
I thought about buying a sports car but realized that my cock was just too big.
44. Schmök - September 8, 2008 1:39 PM
It's a statistic. It says virtually nothing. There's a probability that some people might act according to it but statistically speaking: It's probably very very low.
45. Amy - September 8, 2008 1:55 PM
@40: Timcat, you forget the number one rule of women. "Single, attractive, mentally stable: pick two."
46. Alex - September 8, 2008 1:58 PM
Blog comment boards are weird. I think it was pretty clear I was joking about chicks digging grammar. Why the hostility, Foobar?
47. Turd Ferguson - September 8, 2008 3:16 PM
It's True you know.
Chix dig my pea green '73 Pinto wagon with 3 on the tree.
The round windows in the rear let enough ambient light in to set the mood just right.
48. Clark - September 8, 2008 3:45 PM
Yeah.... Post 45 from Amy is right... My ex... I had the first two... When you have the first two and not the last one... Life starts being.... "fun" ...And by "fun" I mean seriously don't get a crazy GF... TRUST ME! Your life turns out badly =(... As in... You are going out with like ten different girls at once that are all somehow still your girlfriend but each hour of each day brings fun new challenges! Like picking out which version of your Girlfriend you get for that hour. =(
Oh and I have a 2000 Mustang! Wooo =\... That I used to race around until I tried drift racing a friend of mine and nearly T-boned a tree... I haven't tried driving like that in years thanks to that little incident! Remember kids: Rear Wheel Drive vehicles like to Fishtail.
49. Foobar - September 8, 2008 4:11 PM
Alex - show me that ass, and we'll talk.
50. Konkey Dong - September 8, 2008 4:19 PM
@40... you are a chick.
@45... you are a chick. but a hot, funny one.
51. Amaranth - September 8, 2008 5:30 PM
@34 You must be 12 b/c when I was 12 we weren't using words like that, where did you grow up at some trailer park down south?
52. Amaranth - September 8, 2008 5:37 PM
@42 That's ideal, however I'm too used to seeing women half the age of the guy driving the car around where I am (NYC). The guy is practically old as the woman's father. That tells me one thing that relates to many other things it's money = expensive sports cars = sugar daddy = any favors in return