What does the fashionable gay man drive?

There's a writer with the LA Times named Dan Neil. He's blonde and kind of cute and he writes about cars. I discovered him today because he wrote a piece entitled "What Every Man Should Drive" that appeared in the Post Express. Now, I'm assuming Dan is straight because he's advising fellas on cars that appeal to women.

According to Dan, the 2006 BMW 325XI sports wagon is the perfect car for the fashionable young man, the kind of car you should own along with a great set of cookware and a tailored tux. Dan also says a sports wagon conveys a series of messages to women -- a sense of self, style, and maturity. It says you're eligible.

And to think, I actually looked at a BMW wagon, along with the Volvo XC Sport Wagon before settling on the truck. Guess I lucked out, huh? Anyway, Dan goes on to say that women view men who drive sports cars as needy and men who drive trucks as desperate.

The article got me thinking again about cars and trucks and what they say about you. If sports wagons are now the province of young upwardly mobile guys looking to settle down, what are the cars for gay guys?

I googled "gay trucks" and came up with very little except that Ford Motor Company plans to continue to advertise its trucks in gay publications and a couple of references to some porn videos. "Gay cars," however, turned up a couple of lists.

Gay.com recently came out with its "gayest cars of 2006".

1. Best Car for the Gay Professional: 2006 BMW 5 Series Sedan
2. Best Car for the New Gay Family: 2006 Saab 9-5 Wagon
3. Best Dragwagon: 2006 Kia Sorento
4. Most Likely Down Low Cruiser: 2006 Chevrolet Impala
5. Best Twinkmobile: 2006 Mini Cooper
6. Best Ride for the Trendy Gay Man: 2006 Honda Element
7. Best Ride for the Trendy Gay Man (Urban): 2006 Chrysler 300C
8. Best Retail Queen Carriage: 2006 Pontiac G6
9. Best Lesbian Moving Van: 2006 Subaru Outback
10. Queerest Car: 2006 Ford Focus

A British site lists their top ten. Though I must admit I have no idea what a Smart City Car is and I'm sure they listed the Czech-made Skoda Fabia just because of the name and probably because the guy putting togethe the list likes all that Czech porn with guys in barns and out in the fields. By the way, the photo at the beginning of this story is a Fabia.

1. Smart City Car
2. Jeep Wrangler
3. Pink Rolls Royce
4. Mercedes SL55 AMG
5. Mini
6. BMW Z8
7. Porsche convertible
8. Classic Chevy
9. Skoda Fabia
10. Beetle convertible

Even the guys on PBS' popular Car Talk program have named their ultimate top ten gay cars.

1. VW Jetta
2. VW Beetle
3. BMW 3Series
4. Jeep Wrangler
5. Mazda Miata
6. Saab 900
7. Saturn SC1
8. VW Golf
9. VW Cabrio
10. Chrysler Sebring

Interestingly, among the “Car Talk” ultimate lesbian cars were the Volvo Wagon and the Ford F-150.

And, finally, Gaywheels.com, a blog dedicated to gay guys and cars put out their list of the gayest cars from the 2006 North American International Auto Show:

1. Dodge Challenger – a muscle car.
2. Lexus LS460
3. Volvo C70
4. Jaguar XK Convertible
5. Toyota Camry
6. VW Eos
7. Ford Edge
8. Dodge Caliber
9. a varety of GM SUVs
10. Jeep Rangler Rubicon – for all those GI Joe fantasies

So what does the fashionable gay man drive? Not a truck it seems. I like that. But, really, lists like these and articles like Dan Neil's are pretty much a bunch of fluff. And to think he won a Pulitzer Prize...