Posted on 03/25/2009 4:23:54 PM PDT by GOPGuide
Men who drive expensive cars really are more attractive to women, according to a study by university researchers.
Psychologists proved what car-dealers have boasted for generations the car one drives is key when it comes to turning a woman's head.
The university team showed women pictures of the same man sitting in two cars - a £70,000 silver Bentley Continental and a battered Ford Fiesta.
The women, who were aged between 21 to 40, picked the man sitting in the Bentley ahead of the same man in the Ford.
Dr Michael Dunn, of the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, said it shows women rate a man higher if he is behind the wheels of a "fancy motor rather than in an old banger".
His research, in the latest edition of the British Journal of Psychology, also shows that men are more interested in a women's looks not her motor.
The researchers say the men tested in the same way are not impressed by whatever car a woman drives because they judge purely on her face and figure.
Dr Dunn said his findings confirmed that women judge a man by his wealth and status whereas men are primarily concerned with what a woman looks like.
He said he was spurred by his own interest in evolutionary psychology along with the increasing number of women buying so-called "high end" motors.
He said: "There's a wide variety of evidence that does suggest that females are more influenced by wealth and status.
"It's not a recent phenomenon. It is very ingrained and the evidence is not just anecdotal.
"Females focus on questions of wealth and status because if the male possesses those, that male would be in a better condition to rear healthy offspring."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
This is hugh and series. The guy selected just comes off as just more swave and deboner.
Hypothesis: Ursine defecation occurs primarily in densely wooded areas.
Do I get a grant?
Rich guys 50+ y.o. like hot chicks 30 years younger - who knew?
[did they do a study on that yet?]
..... and Hugh Hefner was with them for their great.... cars.
chick magnet
I find men who drive expensive pickup trucks the most attractive.
The sun is more likely to rise in the east than the west on a daily basis.
It's a bargain!
Throw in the Pope’s religion and we got a deal!
I thank God I drive a piece of crap beater pickup to keep the gold diggers off me.
Otherwise they would all be trying to steal my gold.
I wish soeone would provide me some research money to determine if men are attracted to breasts...
In that case, my little chevy truck just cost me a mint! ;)
Just another reason I don't believe the claims of "statistical evidence."
When we met, my husband drove a Lincoln towncar and I drove a Chrysler convertible. He was a construction worker, I was a lobbyist.
Cheers!
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