For those of you who looking for a little four-wheeled Viagra (or Cialis if you're waiting for sunny days), Road and Travel Magazine (RTM) has just released their annual "2007 Sexy Car Buyer's Guide." Despite the title, it's not a guide for sexy car buyers. Or a guide to sexy car buyers. These are the cars RTM feel "catch our breath with [their] lithe lines" and feature "the heart-pounding rumble of a sweet exhaust tone." Past winners include the Hyundai Tiburon (2006), Chrysler Crossfire (2005), Chevy SSR (2004), and Lexus SC420 (2003). Current candidates include the Dodge Charger ("like the smashing power of a Leila Ali glove coming at you at full speed") and Volkswagen EOS ("a road runner with simple, elegant lines [and] just enough trim in the right places"). Disappointingly, there's not a Tata, Chery, or Daihatsu Naked in the bunch.
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Damn, none of those cars would have made my personal list!
While they’re not butt-ugly, they have nothing special either.
Uh – no.
Who wrote that list? Housewives and people with heart problems?
Each car’s description reads like a press release. I give it a resounding ‘meh.’ Muscle cars are sexy? No *way*. Wonder how much Dodge paid to get the Charger put on the list.
How did the charger get in that list? Some of the entries aren’t too far fetched, but the Charger? No, not for an instant. There’s nothing in common with its design and the others either, something seems fishy.
Same goes for the Mustang. I like Mustangs but it’s not visually as appealing as the Vette or Cayman.
TBH, as much as I am a fan of Jaguars also, I think the Vette or Cayman have much more of an attractive design. Where the hell is the Maserati GranTurismo or GranSport in all of this? That vehicle beats them all, IMO™.
Call me nuts, but I’ve loved the 4-door Charger since its inception. That grill looks menacing in the rear view mirror. I guess that raw, hairy-chest animalistic aura it has drives some of the female editors wild.
well, a lot of those cars *do* seem like potential TWAT candidates…
The EOS is only sexy from the front.
Well, sure, I can see how these picks might make the list, but some of their choices and my choices are divergent. I suppose that’s the point of any subjective list, though – to get people talking, etc.
It would be great to do a list of cars available globally, not just the States.
B Moore – Autosavant.net
No XJR? No Maserati anything?
I was half expecting to see the Chrysler LeBaron on that list.
Hi, Maserati Quattroporte, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Porsche Cayman, Pontiac Solstice?
But right on, Hyundai Tiburon won last year. Good value?
Sure. Heart pounding rumble of a sweet exhaust note? Uh no.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha, they are kidding right?
Chrysler Crossfire, LOL no end to bad taste and lousy journalism.
No Lotus Elise, Corvette, Mustang, 350Z, F430, Boxster/Cayman, AMv8?
Someone wore out their thesaurus when they wrote this drivel. That piece has more flowery language than a convention of botanists.
Oh, someone please tell the writer that the 6.1 Hemi found in the SRT-8 does NOT offer cylinder deactivation. Mucho thanx.
The Miata is not sexy. Cute, adorable, and the focus of ridicule if you’re not confident about your manliness, yes. Sexy? No.
A few of those are accurate…but…overall as a list it’s a disappointment.
tiburon? oh yeah that’s like sex on wheels. sex between a bald toothless wino and a broken down meth addict… on wheels.
@kjc117: “No Lotus Elise, Corvette, Mustang, 350Z, F430, Boxster/Cayman, AMv8?”
You might want to read the article before criticizing it. Of the seven models included in your list, four of them (that’s 57%) are included in the story’s selections, too. The article also cites the MB SLK and the Jaguar XK/XKR, which are certainly no less “sexy” than your choices, IMHO. Sure, disagreeing on a subjective criterion like “sexiness” is fun, but faulting an author for “bad taste and lousy journalism” when she agrees with the majority of your choices is just plain silly.