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Cars are to boys, as shoes are to girls. That explains why men often mark significant phases of their lives with cars: teenage dreams, personal achievement, male menopause, whatever. But sorry boys, as impossible as it may seen, according to a new study, a brand new car won’t help you much to attract women. Maybe that’s because more and more women are buying themselves cars, making them toys for big girls as well.

A study that was commissioned by the Australian Top Gear revealed that the brain of a typical woman does not show significant reactions to men whether they are driving a Ferrari of a beaten-down jalopy that was due for the museum, say 20 years ago?

Based on pop culture and belief, men who drive an attractive and fast vehicle automatically become more attractive to women compared to those pedaling away in bicycles. Also men who are generally attractive (or believe to be attractive) are immune to the type of car they drive. According to Neuro Insight’s Peter Pynta, the one who made the study, you don’t have to worry about driving a jalopy if you’re already attractive.

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I am giggling. I am giggling a lot.

I love Mitsubishi, I really do. Probably I have said it before, but the Mitsubishi Eclipse is my favorite car ever, second only to early model Jags.

And this — this is the Mitsubishi i MiEV Sport Air. Yeah, I don’t know what that means either, but the sight of it is sure giving me a chuckle or two. Or ten.

I do know that this does look kind of like a mutant VW Beetle — and that’s cool too, because I love a Bug.

In all due seriousness, this is the open air version of the original i MiEV Sport. It has two doors, wheels at every corner, accentuated fenders, and a chiseled body. The clear, cutaway roof features solar panels. It is an extremely eco friendly vehicle.

One week – it has only been about a week since the Lotus Evora Type 124 actually appeared on the radar and to me, it seems like longer!  This is a car that I have been waiting for – for quite a while and I have been watching for it to come out and now that it is here, I can not wait to actually see it in action.  The Lotus Evora Type 124 is actually one of the race cars that Lotus has put out and it is certainly one car that is going to go places.

We all know that the Evora is a car that already basically had some of the elements to switch it over into a race car, however the new Lotus Evora Type 124 – is truly a race car.  It has been restructured a little bit and it has certainly had a few things added and some weight taken away, as that is key to keeping the car awesome on the race track.

The Lotus Evora Type 124 is one car that I think everyone is going to be surprised by and one that is certainly going to show a hell of a lot of other cars up!

Yeah, I said it. The concept for the Aston Martin Cygnet, first glimpsed early in the summer, it looks … it looks kind of weird.

I typically love Aston Martin vehicles; it is probably unhealthy. This, one, though … I don’t know.

It is loosely classified as an “innovative commuter concept.” As has been pointed out before, it sort of looks like a smaller version of the signature Aston Martin grille got slapped onto the front of a Toyota iQ. That is sort of the truth.

It is expected to be around sometime in the future, at least according to Dr. Ulrich Bez, the Chief Executive of the manufacturer.

I don’t know, maybe they’re trying to be edgy or something, and they think this is the way to go.

I … do not.