Men prefer wheels over heels’ says Peugeot

In a survey organized by Peugeot that involved 2,000 people in Britain, the brand concluded that Brits have a deep affection for the motor car and British men admit that they find their partner more difficult to maintain than their car.
Keen observations were as follows:

• 50% of men find their partner is more difficult to maintain than their car
• 10% of men confess to being more captivated with their cars’ alluring curves than their partners.
• 17% of Brits spend more on their car than their other half
• 13% of respondents have been with their car longer than their partner
• 14% of people think a sporty car will help them get the girl or boy of their dreams
• The biggest proportion of people who think their car is better looking than their partner, are aged 45-54 (14%). (Not surprising!)
• 18-24 year olds are more likely to have more meaningful relationships with their wheels rather than their partners
• A fifth of 25-34 year olds are more likely to regret losing their car rather than being dumped.

We at AutoMiddleEast.com think why Peugeot spent so much time, money effort on proving long known fact. This is old news!

 

Best-selling sports cars ever

In February 2011, Mazda sold its 900,000th MX-5, confirming it as the best-selling two-seater of all time.
It also proved that sports cars are very far from being a dying breed - in fact they're enjoying unprecedented popularity.
But which are the best-selling sports cars of all time? We've bashed the keys on our calculator and come up with the 20 most popular sports cars of all time. And there are loads of surprises.
The first question to answer is: what exactly is a sports car? Tough one, that. There's no absolute definition.
It can't be just open-topped cars; it can't be just two-seaters; it can't be just fast cars.
What we can say is that it must have only two doors and be a standalone model, not an adaptation of an existing saloon.
So for example, the Ford Capri doesn't count. We're also only counting single generations, or single platforms.
Nissan's 'Z' series can lay claim to being the most successful sports car franchise of all time, with more than 1.6 million made from the 1969 240Z up to the current 370Z.
However, we're excluding the 1978-83 280ZX (440,059 sales) and 1983-89 300ZX Z31 (329,900 sales) because we think they're too soft to be counted as true 'sports cars'.