Luxury car engines cause women to be aroused... but sound of VWs turn them off...
09-03-08, 04:29 PM
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Luxury car engines cause women to be aroused... but sound of VWs turn them off...
http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/09/...91531220387634
LONDON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A British psychologist said his study indicates the revving of a luxury car's engine tends to have a sexually arousing effect in women.
Psychologist David Moxon said his study, which was commissioned by auto insurer Hiscox, involved 40 adults listening to recordings of engines from a Maserati, a Lamborghini and a Ferrari along with the more pedestrian Volkswagen Polo, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
He said his team took saliva samples from the study participants to measure levels of testosterone, a hormone that indicates sexual arousal, before and after they listened to recordings of the cars.
Moxon said a full 100 percent of the women involved in the study had a significant increase in testosterone levels after listening to the Maserati engine, while only half of the men marked an increase.
However, 60 percent of the men showed an increase in testosterone after listening to the Lamborghini.
"We saw significant peaks, particularly in women," Moxon said of his study. "The roar of a luxury car engine does cause a primeval physiological response."
However, he noted the sound of the more common Volkswagen Polo led to a decrease in testosterone for some participants.
LONDON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A British psychologist said his study indicates the revving of a luxury car's engine tends to have a sexually arousing effect in women.
Psychologist David Moxon said his study, which was commissioned by auto insurer Hiscox, involved 40 adults listening to recordings of engines from a Maserati, a Lamborghini and a Ferrari along with the more pedestrian Volkswagen Polo, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.
He said his team took saliva samples from the study participants to measure levels of testosterone, a hormone that indicates sexual arousal, before and after they listened to recordings of the cars.
Moxon said a full 100 percent of the women involved in the study had a significant increase in testosterone levels after listening to the Maserati engine, while only half of the men marked an increase.
However, 60 percent of the men showed an increase in testosterone after listening to the Lamborghini.
"We saw significant peaks, particularly in women," Moxon said of his study. "The roar of a luxury car engine does cause a primeval physiological response."
However, he noted the sound of the more common Volkswagen Polo led to a decrease in testosterone for some participants.
09-03-08, 04:43 PM
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so i should buy a lambo (always wanted one, so that's ok w. me) & look for a guy w. a Maserati (i already like these cars too so i guess that's good) ... i'll get rite on that 
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09-03-08, 06:48 PM
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most all people like engines and the sounds of luxury cars, they spend hours making the exhaust sound a pleasurable, now take a rice burner and sit next to that at a light, nothing like the buzz sound a honda can make
09-03-08, 07:21 PM
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Sounds like its V-8 or bigger luxury cars, seeing what they tested. I agree with the survey, I never got any engine comments on any of my 6 cylinder Lexus, the women like the car but never commented.
The V-8s get them talking
let alone when you add an exhaust!! Whoo hoooo!!!
The V-8s get them talking
let alone when you add an exhaust!! Whoo hoooo!!!
