Guy Cars and Chick Cars: Do They Really Exist?

CarTalk ^ | April20, 2002 | Click & Clack, the Tappet Brothers

[yankeedame]

Hey, gang! Since we had such a hoot with "Worst Cars of the Millenniun" how about having a go at this? And remember: Keep your punches clean and no hitting below the belt. At the sound of the bell come out fighting. **DING** )

Presenting....The Ultimate Chick Cars of all Time

#5 Dodge Neon

Neons are Barbie cars: little and cute and rounded in the hips. Even in black, they are feminine and adorable, only just a bit tougher, like Tattoo Barbie."

#4 VW Jetta

" Anything by Volkswagen is a chick car. VW realized this years ago and joined forces with another company to sell guy cars-- they called that company Porsche."

#3 Mazada Miata

"I discovered this phenomenon when I got a Miata. 'Girlie car'. That all I heard."

#2 VW Cabriolet

"All teen-age girls classify them as cute. 'Nuff said."

#1 VW Beetle

" The VW Beetle. A chick car, definitely. And made to be so. How? I know of no other automoblie with a FLOWER VASE as standard equipment."

Presenting....The Ultimate Guy Cars of All Time

#5 Dodge Viper

"It might be a guy car if there was a movie or TV show built entirely around it. Other examples include Burt Reynold's Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, Nash Bridges' Hemi Cuba convertible and Jim Rockford's Firebird."

#4 Ford F-150 Pickup

"Any car with numbers or letters for a name, or tacked on the end, can become a guy car. For example, F-150 or Civic-SI."

#3 Chevy Camero

"...with twice the horse power needed. Used to show other guys how manly you really are."

#2 Chevy Corvette

"I believe the main aspect that determines the male/female state of a car is based on the engine compartment(hood)-to-cab-lenght ratio. A car such as a pickup or Corvette has a large hood-to-cab-lenght ratio."

#1 Ford Mustang

"A back seat guaranteed to be too small for your mother-in-law."

[Tax Government]

Old Chevy 1/2-ton gas/auto Suburban: the ultimate guy/chick/family car.

[phalynx]

I would like to throw in another class.

Camaro = High School Guy Car

Mustang = High School Guy Car

Corvette = After High School Man's Car

Toyota Rav 4 = Chick Car

[UB355]

Hemi Cuba convertible

Should this not read

Hemi Cuda convertible ???

For you insiders.

[Brett66]

A more modern favorite:

[pt17]

Real Men aren't afraid to drive a small car!

Here, try this one on.

[Tennessee_Bob]

See my post #37

[MarkL]

Nice TA! Is that a 72? I think it is from the hood graphics (it's 70 1/2 - 72, from the shape of the rear window...) I owned a 71 Formula 400! WOW! Handled great (it came w/ the TA handling package & Michelin Wide-X radials), but it seemed a bit weak on power, since that was the year that GM dropped the compression ratios... I fixed that with a set of Ram Air III heads that I found, as well as the "Fresh Air Kit," which let me open up my hood scoops and ducted air into the air cleaner... 0 - 60 in about 5 1/2 seconds! I really miss that car!

Mark

[ken5050]

A few other finalists......

Chick cars....the AMC Pacer.....the "pregnant guppy" look appealed to the ladies..

Guy cars....the Plymouth Road Runner..an "el cheapo" GTO

[ken5050]

My first car was a Studebaker Lark....my "first time" was in its back seat....

[reg45]

Anything by Volkswagen is a chick car.

I guess you forgot about the VW GTI.

[BRK]

Only the Mustang GT and the Cobra versions are for guys. All the others models are pure chick cars.

[reg45]

Chick Cars = Any vehicle that's pink and has knobs.

Are you talking about the vehicle or the chick!

8-)

[Irene Adler]

"Steve McQueen is probably the only movie star to have driven race cars with the big boys in some of the major race circuits. He still does reasonably well."

I thought Steve McQueen died some years ago.

[Brett66]

That was a '73 455 Super-Duty.

[reg45]

BMW - Isetta: A great commuter car, but hard to "fool around" in the back seat!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Thats the one I was trying to recall the name of a few months ago on another thread. A guy at an auto shop I worked at years ago (during high school) dropped a 426 Hemi in one and it was like a rocket. My old college roommate had a Charger (like the SuperBee) with the 318 and those are (IMO) the best motors they ever made. He sold it before college and bought a Dart with a 318. Deceptively fast. They sure don't make them like they used to, I don't care what they do to it.

[nothingnew]

"Don't drive like my brother!"

FMCDH!

[pt17]

BMW - Isetta: A great commuter car, but hard to "fool around" in the back seat!

LOL.

[Gil4]

When a guy is forced to buy a family car:

[dix]

How about my BMW735i. A guy car. The small BMW318,325. Chick cars. The BMW 500's. Half and half.