mathmission
04-30-2007, 02:42 PM
The Top Ten Cars for Women has been one of the most popular articles here on About.com Cars for as long as I can remember. No, it's not a list that highlights visor mirrors and places to stick your purse. Women tend to be more practical when it comes to buying cars (just as men tend to be more practical when it comes to buying shoes), and the Ten Best Cars for Women is a guide to practical buying.
In the interests of equal time, I decided to publish this list. For guys, it's not about what we need, but what we want. Are these cars practical? Some of 'em. Sensible? Maybe. But they're cool -- and that's what counts.
1) Chevrolet Corvette
While there are no doubt plenty of women who are Corvette owners, the 'Vette always has been, and always will be, a guy's car. Not only is it the symbol of the male mid-life crisis, but its wide body and over-the-top V8 engine make it an ode to excess that the male members of our species are hard-wired to appreciate. And then there's the Corvette's inherent patriotic appeal -- and the fact that Chevy has improved the chassis to the point that the newest 'Vettes are serious track cars, makes it all that much more rewarding to thumb one's nose at Porsche owners.
2) Chrysler Sebring Sedan
Guys are not known for our taste in furnishings -- witness such brilliant creations as the wagon-wheel coffee table. So while the Sebring's plethora of interior materials, all joined together in one disharmonious bowling-shirt-like whole, may cause women to retch, it's just the sort of more-is-better décor that guys like me love. The Sebring isn't great to drive, but it's wonderful to sit in.
3) Dodge Magnum
For years, the station wagons were the mommymobiles of choice -- but the Magnum shows us that wagons can be manly, too. With engine choices starting at 190 horsepower and going all the way up to the 340 hp and 425 hp Hemi V8s, plus big wheels and magnificently menacing styling, the Dodge Magnum practically drips testosterone. Each time I drive one, I look underneath for a pair of… well, you know. I haven't found them, but I'm sure they're under there somewhere.
Full Story (http://cars.about.com/od/buyingadvice/tp/top_cars_men.htm)
In the interests of equal time, I decided to publish this list. For guys, it's not about what we need, but what we want. Are these cars practical? Some of 'em. Sensible? Maybe. But they're cool -- and that's what counts.
1) Chevrolet Corvette
While there are no doubt plenty of women who are Corvette owners, the 'Vette always has been, and always will be, a guy's car. Not only is it the symbol of the male mid-life crisis, but its wide body and over-the-top V8 engine make it an ode to excess that the male members of our species are hard-wired to appreciate. And then there's the Corvette's inherent patriotic appeal -- and the fact that Chevy has improved the chassis to the point that the newest 'Vettes are serious track cars, makes it all that much more rewarding to thumb one's nose at Porsche owners.
2) Chrysler Sebring Sedan
Guys are not known for our taste in furnishings -- witness such brilliant creations as the wagon-wheel coffee table. So while the Sebring's plethora of interior materials, all joined together in one disharmonious bowling-shirt-like whole, may cause women to retch, it's just the sort of more-is-better décor that guys like me love. The Sebring isn't great to drive, but it's wonderful to sit in.
3) Dodge Magnum
For years, the station wagons were the mommymobiles of choice -- but the Magnum shows us that wagons can be manly, too. With engine choices starting at 190 horsepower and going all the way up to the 340 hp and 425 hp Hemi V8s, plus big wheels and magnificently menacing styling, the Dodge Magnum practically drips testosterone. Each time I drive one, I look underneath for a pair of… well, you know. I haven't found them, but I'm sure they're under there somewhere.
Full Story (http://cars.about.com/od/buyingadvice/tp/top_cars_men.htm)