Here's what the Car Talk guys listed as the all-time "Girlie" cars:
The Ultimate Guy and Chick Cars of All Time | Car Talk
The Ultimate Guy and Chick Cars of All Time | Car Talk
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I've never owned a "girlie car" and doubt I ever will. 'nouf said.
Here is the Guy car list, questionable at best.
http://www.cartalk.com/content/ultimate-guy-and-chick-cars-all-time-0
Here is the Guy car list, questionable at best.
http://www.cartalk.com/content/ultimate-guy-and-chick-cars-all-time-0
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THE PILGRIM
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When I met my future wife, she had just graduated from college.
As a graduation present her Dad bought her a Corvair Convertible.
Yellow, white top, faux wire wheels.
Cute little guy!
Not so good on the road. It could get away from you.
Especially on wet- slick roads.
And this was up in Indiana where they got plenty of those.
As a graduation present her Dad bought her a Corvair Convertible.
Yellow, white top, faux wire wheels.
Cute little guy!
Not so good on the road. It could get away from you.
Especially on wet- slick roads.
And this was up in Indiana where they got plenty of those.
mstem
Member
At the top of that list should be any car with an original 426 Hemi in it. 'Nuff said!!!
Farmer17
Member
I always drove full size pickups because I have owned a small construction company for 25 years but when gas was near $4/gallon I bought a Toyota RAV4 SUV. My daughter tells me it is a girly car but I am quite happy with it, and when I need to haul something big I have a trailer. I just bought it for cheap transportation but I like it so well I will probably buy another one when it wears out. Now, a VW Beetle Bug is a little tooo girly even for me.
Bought my daughter a 90 Pontiac Sunbird convertible, that was red and white with a white top! That was a girlie car! 
but when she went away for school she couldn't take it with her the first year, I did enjoy driving it with the top down until I bought my Vette! 
Of course her next car was a Jetta!
but when she went away for school she couldn't take it with her the first year, I did enjoy driving it with the top down until I bought my Vette! Of course her next car was a Jetta!
mike from st pete
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1996 MX-5 Mazda Miata.
A lot of fun to drive and the top only goes up if it is raining.
A lot of fun to drive and the top only goes up if it is raining.
They got their facts wrong: "VW realized this years ago, and joined forces with another company to sell guy cars - they called that company Porsche". VW was formed out of the wreckage of Germany just after WW II. I think the British actually formed the company in their zone of occupation. They've been making VWs ever since, and ocasionally Bugatti Veyrons. Ferdinand Porsche designed the VW in the 1930s; after the war he formed his own company to produce sports cars, based on his experience with the VW.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Girlie, babe magnet car?
My '85 Chevy Monte Carlo s/s attracted babes of all ages they all loved my car. Everywhere I went it turned the babes heads.
Girlies cars? Mitsubishi spyder convertible. Chick car.
My '85 Chevy Monte Carlo s/s attracted babes of all ages they all loved my car. Everywhere I went it turned the babes heads.
Girlies cars? Mitsubishi spyder convertible. Chick car.
My sister's 1955 Nash Metropolitan (her first car). Was targeted for women. She really liked it.
Brian41
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I had a Miata girlie car as everyone called it. It was a fun car and I enjoyed it. I had an RX-7 and a Mazda Pickup before it and they do build good vehicles.
Golphin
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My wife drives a 2012 Dodge Challenger RT. When I met her almost 20 years ago she had a Nissan Sentra. After that one was done I did the car choosing for her and my trucks for myself. I have driven nothing but p/u trucks the last 30 years.
BearBio
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Girlie car (Direct from the San Fernando Valley): ANY version of a VW, especially a (diesel) Rabbit!
Guy Car: Ford 150???? Come on, now! A Dodge at the least, preferably a Cummins Diesel.
Corvette? Even the book "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" pooh-poohed that fallacy.
Mustangs? Since 1969-70, a "girlie" car! Same with Camaros and Firebirds! Give me a Road Runner or GTO!
Ultimate guy car? An older Toyota Land cruiser!
Guy Car: Ford 150???? Come on, now! A Dodge at the least, preferably a Cummins Diesel.
Corvette? Even the book "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" pooh-poohed that fallacy.
Mustangs? Since 1969-70, a "girlie" car! Same with Camaros and Firebirds! Give me a Road Runner or GTO!
Ultimate guy car? An older Toyota Land cruiser!
Arik
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Lol lookin like VW fills out most of the list.
I have owned just about all cars. Had sports Camaro's...2 of them, a Dodge Ram, Ford Bronco, Toyota Camry, Mitsubishi Eclipse, and many more. Now I have a Corolla. Love it. Good gas and has yet to get stuck in snow
I have owned just about all cars. Had sports Camaro's...2 of them, a Dodge Ram, Ford Bronco, Toyota Camry, Mitsubishi Eclipse, and many more. Now I have a Corolla. Love it. Good gas and has yet to get stuck in snow
hoosierone
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When I got married my wife had a 61 Corvair. Fun to drive and only sold it because I had no sense. Nader was/is an idiot. Many years later she decided she wanted to pick out her own new car. She wanted a 95 Pontiac Grand Prix. I ordered it with the GTP package. 210 hp was ok in 1995. She really liked having her own new car. Red, what else?
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VW Corrado was no girlie car. Neither was the Ghia.
I wouldn't mind having an older cabrio with a diesel as a summer fun car.
I wouldn't mind having an older cabrio with a diesel as a summer fun car.
Not always....
The VW bug was a staple of college students, many of them guys. And a starter car before they made so many starter cars. In the early '70s they had to have Day Glo flower stickers on them. And they marketed a nifty toy car wind up key that stuck to the top with a suction cup. Think "The Love Bug" with Herbie from Walt Disney. That put VWs right in the guy camp. Of course girls liked 'cute', small, inexpensive cars, too, but the VW was owned by both genders.
I'm not sure the Mustang was always a guys car. When first introduced the original 'Pony' car was anything but high performance and was considered to be an affordable sporty car that girls would like. As soon as they hit the market though, everybody went nuts over it, including me.
PS: I just confirmed that the Mustang was designed to tap the women driver market. Of course as years went by they got more heavy and powerful with the 'Boss' and all that noise.
The VW bug was a staple of college students, many of them guys. And a starter car before they made so many starter cars. In the early '70s they had to have Day Glo flower stickers on them. And they marketed a nifty toy car wind up key that stuck to the top with a suction cup. Think "The Love Bug" with Herbie from Walt Disney. That put VWs right in the guy camp. Of course girls liked 'cute', small, inexpensive cars, too, but the VW was owned by both genders.
I'm not sure the Mustang was always a guys car. When first introduced the original 'Pony' car was anything but high performance and was considered to be an affordable sporty car that girls would like. As soon as they hit the market though, everybody went nuts over it, including me.
PS: I just confirmed that the Mustang was designed to tap the women driver market. Of course as years went by they got more heavy and powerful with the 'Boss' and all that noise.
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Unfair rap...
The Corvair was a darn good car that had some handling problems that could be alleviated by engineering, customer care (tire pressures) and not driving at the edge of the envelope and learning to deal with the oversteer of the rear engine system opposed to the understeer familiar to front engine car drivers. The balance was just 'different'. Ralph Nader made it sound like it was the rear-engine that was inherently dangerous and that was a wrong conclusion. Early on executives DID cancel out some features that would have helped the handling a lot.
The Corvair was a darn good car that had some handling problems that could be alleviated by engineering, customer care (tire pressures) and not driving at the edge of the envelope and learning to deal with the oversteer of the rear engine system opposed to the understeer familiar to front engine car drivers. The balance was just 'different'. Ralph Nader made it sound like it was the rear-engine that was inherently dangerous and that was a wrong conclusion. Early on executives DID cancel out some features that would have helped the handling a lot.
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