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Contents:
- THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
- GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?
- WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?
- THE 10 BT CARS WHICH TO GET GAY-MARRIED
- WHAT GAY AND LBIAN R BUYERS WANT VIEW SLISHOW 1/0SHOW SLI INFORMATN WHAT GAY AND LBIAN R BUYERS WANT
- BT CARS FOR GAY PEOPLE
THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
* number one gay vehicle *
Apparently, we as a society are so wrapped up the ia of how "gay" objects, clothg styl, and activi are that we n't even leave tomobil out of ! Th, the guys at Car Talk, those te terers of r nversatn, have e up wh the: lists of the top 10 gay and lbian rs.
GAY-FRIENDLY CARS: IS SUBA NUMBER ONE?
‘Surf Girls Hawai’i’ is the Real-Life ‘Blue Csh’ We’ve Waed 21 Years ForOffEnglishCar Talk took a pletely non-scientific poll and queried their lbian and gay listeners, and apparently some straight and bisexual people, too, askg for nomatns of the bt queer vehicl. Nomatns om gays, om lbians, om borg heterosexuals like ... Good for seemg utterly pretent and important the area of At's Wt Camp, where I lived wedged between sorory, so how about the Top 10 Gay Cars?
The 3-seri is on the gay list? Is VW to gay men what Suba is to lbian women? Gays and lbians buy a lot of rs, and the to dtry has begun to regnize that.
A new survey (of 3, 685 rponnts) by and Senei reveals that 67 percent of both gay male and lbian r buyers nsir "very or somewhat important" for to pani to exhib a "gay-iendly" reputatn (when 's fed by whether the pany offers domtic partner benefs to s employe). And 42 percent of gay men and 39 percent of gay women report hoehold e above that level.
WHAT ARE THE TOP GAY-FRIENDLY CARS?
Suba's woog of the gay and lbian dience seems to be workg--at least on one level--bee was the overwhelmg favore (chosen by 45 percent of rponnts, wh Volkswagen and Ford a distant send and third) as the most gay-iendly r pany. "We are fely perceived as gay iendly, " says Domick Infante, a Suba spokman.
THE 10 BT CARS WHICH TO GET GAY-MARRIED
Acrdg to Joe LaMuraglia, a former Nissan employee who now serv as 's publisher, Saab serv special mentn as the brand most over-reprented among gay and lbian buyers.
Market, but gay men are 18 tim more likely to own one than is the general public. "The rults show that when to marketg, gay men and lbians are two very distct groups, LaMuraglia said.
Beg gay-iendly and havg good brand awarens are very posive factors, but the pani still have to have products that meet all their needs. Lbians, by the way, are more likely to buy a r based on environmental factors than are gay men. Gay men say their rs proclaim that they are "succsful, sexy and well-off.
WHAT GAY AND LBIAN R BUYERS WANT VIEW SLISHOW 1/0SHOW SLI INFORMATN WHAT GAY AND LBIAN R BUYERS WANT
It’s no surprise that the vehicl most rearched by gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr shoppers are those produced by gay-iendly tomakers. Classifi vehicle manufacturers as gay-iendly or not based on their rporate polici for offerg domtic-partner benefs to their employe the U.
Gaywheels has been keepg tabs on gay-iendly vehicl on a quarterly basis for the past 1.
“Sce the ceptn of this list, the Top 10 Most-Rearched Vehicl have always e solely om gay-iendly tomakers, leatg the importance of a brand’s rporate polici and posns regard to the gay muny, ” said Joe LaMuraglia, founr of.
BT CARS FOR GAY PEOPLE
As wh all the rs on the list that have been stereotyped as “gay, ” the Forter is stylish, strayg om the “strong” or “bold” more mascule sign. The notn that a product is girly or feme was also associated wh beg gay.