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."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The new Thunderbird is a woman's car. What many needs a porthole ?

[glock rocks]

jeep goes in both columns out west.

[Bommer]

Your ranking a Mustang over a GTO? Are you high?

[Not Fooled]

I disagree with the Mustang. I've met too many chicks who regard it as cute for it to be a guy car. Half of the people driving 90 model mustangs are females. The old pony cars yes, total guy cars. But nowadays? Come on...

A guy car can not be refered to as cute. It's simple. :)

You want a guy car? How about an Escalade EXT. It's fast, it's big, it's intimidating, it can haul stuff, and it costs more than a chick could conceive spending on a vehicle.

[G.Mason]

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

Guy Cars = All other vehicles not fitting into the previous category.

[jimtorr]

The Mustang that Steve McQueen personally drove through the streets of San Francisco at actual chase speeds in the movie Bullit.

Nothing more on your subject, but you did mention car chases and Mustangs.

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.

[yawningotter]

I'm glad they mentioned the Honda Civic Si with the guys cars. My 89 Si was a great car right up to the time someone pulled out in front of me. Now I am stuck with my wife's wimpy Mazda Protoge. Well, maybe some day I will be able to afford a BMW M5.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[glock rocks]

mcqueen lost the race in november of 1980.

[SlickWillard]

Only queers and women drive cars, or SUVs for that matter.

Real men drive pickup trucks.

[hopespringseternal]

For example, F-150 or Civic-SI."

They classify an F-150 with a Civic-SI? What a laugh. You don't have to be gay to drive a Civic, but it helps.

Four cylinders is definitely chick territory, although I am sure there are some exceptions.

And VWs are just chick, they are gay.

[martin_fierro]

Guy Car.

Chick Car.

[jimtorr]

I still see replays of races he drove in on Speed Channel. The cars look strange, now.

[Brett66]

I think this qualifies as a guy car:

[pt17]

How about a "guy car" that was designed by a chick (Akino Tsuchiya )?



For more info, see Designing Woman in the WSJ

[glock rocks]

this guy might disagree.