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STUDY: Revving powerful engines makes women feel sexy
A new study in the UK confirms that women like fast cars, but apparently it's not the sexy curves of a Lamborghini, Maserati or Ferrari that turns them on. Researchers discovered that it's actually the loud sound of their engines revving that gets a woman's motor to hum. The study was conducted with 40 participants that included both men and women who were played recordings of a Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Volkswagen Polo engine. Afterwards they got their saliva swabbed and analyzed for the presence of testosterone. A higher level of the hormone in their spit indicated that the subjects were more aroused, and the results revealed that 100% of the female participants experienced a big jump in testosterone levels after listening to the Maserati. Chances are the Maserati engine was actually sourced from Ferrari, but we don't know if the results after listening to the Maranello mill were identical. And what happened after participants heard the Polo's wheezy motor? Testosterone levels fell across the board.
[Source: Telegraph]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
fobunited 6:05PM (9/03/2008)
So what you're saying is.... we should all install exhausts on our civics?
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adelossa 6:11PM (9/03/2008)
I think you want to turn women on, not off.
Torrent 6:36PM (9/03/2008)
Powerful engines... Not ricerful engines.
brett 12:57PM (9/05/2008)
"So what you're saying is.... we should all install exhausts on our civics?"
No they said powerful engines, like my Z06.
ALEXDB9 6:06PM (9/03/2008)
Guilty. I do it all the time, something about a girl, just makes me floor it.
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Alexander 6:06PM (9/03/2008)
HAHA! Awesome! Finally i can justify to my gf spending so much money on my car every month.
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Bryant 6:07PM (9/03/2008)
Well yeah. The GranTurismo uses a ferrari-built V8.
So does this mean some high-roller coming in with a maserati is more likely to get some?
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rsfourever 6:48PM (9/03/2008)
you needed this study to confirm that for you?
Kumail891 6:10PM (9/03/2008)
even more reason to get a GranTurismo.
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Torrent 6:38PM (9/03/2008)
The only reason to get a GranTurismo: It's a GranTurismo......
Dondonel 6:10PM (9/03/2008)
Listen up women, if you want to grow a mustache fast buy Maserati.
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MachinaDC5 6:11PM (9/03/2008)
They also increase the size of men's genitals. Or so we guys like to think.
C'mon, who's with me?!
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MachinaDC5 6:13PM (9/03/2008)
Powerful engines, that is...
Hike15 6:13PM (9/03/2008)
Um they need to add weed whacker car exhaust sounds to that and see what happens
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k.w.a 6:15PM (9/03/2008)
makes sense that they picked the maserati. maserati is basically a female's ferrari. even the name sounds like something you'd love to hear a woman say
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Farris 6:25PM (9/03/2008)
I was seriously considering NOT sending this in because I own/drive a VW... but I thought what the heck.
Of course, I could always try and shoehorn a Maserati engine in it... that would fun as hell to drive!
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Rick 6:37PM (9/03/2008)
What, no 'the high rpms of one of those cars reminds them of their vibrator' jokes? I'm disappointed.
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notYou 9:09AM (9/04/2008)
There's only one thing worse than "high rpm/vibrator" [or insert favorite/loathed tired line here] jokesters, the eternally disappointed "high rpm/vibrator" [or insert favorite/loathed tired line here] trollers.
hankfidel 7:09PM (9/03/2008)
That's funny...because sexy women rev my engine..maybe there's a connection?
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PumaGTO 7:30PM (9/03/2008)
if a Maserati does that, imagine the Porsche Carrera GT.
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