VW Rabbit is the new top-researched car on Gaywheels.com
This quarter, the Volkswagen Rabbit knocks the Toyota Yaris out of the top spot on Gaywheels.com's list of top-researched cars. The Yaris, which had hung on to the numero uno spot for the last twelve months, dropped to third place as the VeeDub managed to snag the second spot as well with the hardtop-convertible Eos, which is also a chick car. Making their first appearances on the list are the Volvo C30 at number nine and the Mazda 3 at the tenth spot.Interestingly, Joe LaMuraglia from Gaywheels.com points out, "60% of the vehicles on the most-researched list are hatchbacks and four of those six have a MSRP starting at under $16K." You'll also see that the entire list, which is available after the jump, is populated with gas-sippers.
Note too that each vehicle on the Most-Researched list is offered by a gay-friendly brand -- based on corporate policies for offering domestic-partner benefits to employees in the U.S.
Comments, as always, are welcome. Please remember to keep 'em clean.
[Source: Gaywheels.com]
The top ten most researched cars on Gaywheels.com:
- Volkswagen Rabbit
- Volkswagen Eos
- Toyota Yaris
- Mazda MX-5 Miata
- Audi A3
- Volkswagen Jetta
- Saab 9-3
- Dodge Caliber
- Volvo C30
- Mazda Mazda3
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
John Johnson 10:37AM (4/10/2008)
I sure hope none of my friends get on Autoblog to make fun of me for buying a Rabbit last month :P
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Allan 10:48AM (4/10/2008)
I forwarded this to one of my good friends that has a Rabbit. His girlfriend should get a kick out of it.
FrankTheCrank 11:14AM (4/10/2008)
Gives a whole new meaning to lubing the chassis. Frisco!!!
Dolemite 12:06PM (4/10/2008)
John, don't worry, having read some your other comments, your is the last thing someone would need to point out in order to make fun of you.
Dolemite 12:09PM (4/10/2008)
*your car is the last thing...
Damn it.
(And to those of you who don't get it, the above comment is a joke)
Brandon 5:10PM (4/11/2008)
I Have a Mazda3 And I Love My Car Its Nice Fast and Decent On Gas
vento97 8:51AM (5/14/2008)
It takes a lot more "stones" to drive a Rabbit than it does to live up the the Madison Avenue derived image of "toughness" by driving a (insert the "manly" brand here).
People get way too caught up in this stuff. Drive whatever the hell you want, and let the "manly" types continue to shell out $120+ for a fillup...
Mike 10:38AM (4/10/2008)
Pretty sad that you have to "remind" readers to keep their comments clean when referencing this gay-related article. Been a car nut since I was little - been gay even longer - and I always figured the love of autos pretty much put us all on an even keel...
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mk 10:56AM (4/10/2008)
I agree with your sentiment on "even keel", being all car enthusiasts here.
But then I have to ask a rhetorical, objective, and not-insult-intended question:
Why does someplace like "gaywheels.com" even have a niche?
If sexual orientation and car enthusiasm are unrelated and don't really have a bearing on each other, as topics, why does gaywheels exist?
I do happen to think that sexual orientation and car enthusiasm are unrelated, and have extremely little, or nothing to do with each other. People make practical and emotional car choices for all kinds of reasons, including lifestyle. That doesn't mean that lifestyle advocation should have undue influence in the automotive industry.
People can be car enthusiasts or gay, both, or neither, and it has very little to do with me, other than the morality against some people persecuting others on either of those two issues.
Chris 11:18AM (4/10/2008)
oh well, get over it.
this was really too good to pass up anyway...
so basically they want, easy access to the rear and they want it cheap too....
could go both ways.
Dan 10:38AM (4/10/2008)
Ford's spontaneously catch fires, VWs and Saabs are flaming.
What else is new?
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John Johnson 10:40AM (4/10/2008)
I sure hope none of my friends get on Autoblog to make fun of me for buying a Rabbit last month :P
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John Johnson 10:40AM (4/10/2008)
Er, sweet comment system, Autoblog. Thanks.
DomManganelli 11:58AM (4/10/2008)
i can't believe you bought a rabbit
Disgruntled Goat 10:43AM (4/10/2008)
VWs and Audis, no surprise there. So why all the hatchbacks?
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Kiiks 10:58AM (4/10/2008)
Easier access to the rear?
Well we didn't do a comparison between popular small cars for gays and hets. Hatches happen to be popular all across the board, I thought. Case in point, my next car will probably be a hatch too. That's especially if Mitsu sacks up and brings the Ralliart 5-door stateside.
psarhjinian 1:25PM (4/10/2008)
Think of it as a demographic synergy:
* Gay people are more likely to be cosmo/metropolitan
* Gay people are more likely to be liberal
* Hatchbacks are far more prevalent in urban areas
* The "I must have a sedan or SUV" thing is very much a soccer-mom, stick-in-the-mud example of conservatism
It's a bit of a stretch, but here's some (bad) fuzzy logic:
* Hatchbacks are liked by Europeans
* Europeans are pinkos
* Gays are also more likely to be pinkos
* Gay people are more likely to prefer hatchbacks.
Logically, then, this might lead one to reason that all Europeans are gay. I'll admit that, to someone from Idaho, the average resident of Paris or Berlin probably _seems_ gay, but it's more that there's a whole leftist/urban/cosmpolitant culture involved here that gays are more likely to subscribe to.
Sorry. Rambling, not enough sleep.
Dinger 10:42AM (4/10/2008)
Not much of a surprise that the top researched cars at "gaywheels.com" are smaller cars. After all, if you aren't a breeder chances are you don't need to be looking at minivans, SUV's and "family" sedans to haul your kids around in.
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dan spalinger 10:49AM (4/10/2008)
And gay people don't have friends or adopt children....
Dinger 11:02AM (4/10/2008)
Dan,
First of all I used the word, "chances" in my sentence which fully allows for the fact that a small portion of gay folks do adopt needy children. Second, who in the f--- buys a minivan carry around their adult friends? However, even if there is someone out there looking to drive 5-7 adults around they would still be covered by the word, "chances".
Please improve your reading comprehension, stop having knee jerk, poorly thought, out reactions, don't put words in people's mouths and never insinuate that someone is narrow minded or type casting unless you are standing on rock solid ground.