America's 10 Most Manly Motor Machines
“What to call these?” tweeted @edmunds.com. “Dudemobiles? Guy Cars? Testosteroners?” And they linked to their scientifically prepared list of the cars with the most men as buyers. Not a list compiled by basement dwellers, but by Polk. The list reflects total purchases made in 2011. And we are counting down …
Number 10: Chevrolet Corvette. 86.9 percent males. Pictured above. At number 10, it practically counts as a girl car on this manly list.
And the winner is:
Number 1: Ferrari 458 Italia. 95.3 percent males. Cazzo!
(Can someone open the window? It smells like a locker room.)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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I could be a douche or you could be envious but the truth is no doubt in the middle somewhere. Although the more you move away from Toyonda appliances, towards anything interesting or fun, the closer you move to douchehood. It's just the way it works. I went from muscle cars to pretty pickup trucks so I'm used to sideways glares from dudes in moving Maytags and really I love it! Muscle cars in the traditional sense, are but a footnote in history, but you can still get a brand new full-size pickup with a huge V8 (relatively), limited slip 3.73 or 4.10 gear sets, vinyl floors & seats, crank windows and a plain ass radio... the way God intended!
Seems like a somewhat arbitrary list. For example, the 1M was counted as a vehicle separate from the other 1-series vehicles but I'll bet the Porsche Carrera GT3 RSR, if not lumped in with the regular Carreras, would be mighty high on the list. And I'm surprised the Viper and Lamborghini didn't get a mention either.