Men who are interested in buying a used luxury vehicle have yet another reason to make the purchase now that a team of scientists have proven the widely believed thought that women are more attracted to men with expensive cars.
Scientists at the UK’s University of Wales Institute in Cardiff say their study which is published in the latest edition of the British Journal of Psychology, proves that women prefer men who drive a “sexier” vehicle.
In the study the researchers showed women two pictures of the same man. In one he was sitting in a Bentley Continental and in the other he was behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta (essentially the UK equivalent of a Ford Focus).
Dr. Michael Dunn, research leader for the study, says women preferred the man when he was driving the Bentley with women aged 21-40 picking him as the more attractive version more often. Men, Dunn says, did not have a significant preference when a woman was sitting in two different cars, the study showed.
Jennifer Love Hewitt apparently doesn’t need someone to driver her around in an expensive car as the Ghost Whisperer star reportedly recently purchased a Bentley Continental which has a base price of more than $197,000.