GM tries to replace Miata with Camaro

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/07/08/gm-tries-to-pitch-camaro-to-gay-men.aspx

Funny link to be posted by a guy with a giant wiener for his avatar!

Wow, the comments attached to that article are pretty hostile...

That reminds me of an old SNL sketch where Adam Sandler and Chris Farley are in a gay beer commercial. They open some beer and a bunch of dudes appear next to the pool to party with them. Then they high-five each other.

damn.. you would think that Gm had just committed a cardinal sin.

The coments on MSN are confusing. So.... don't buy this particular phallic symbol because the dudes that get too excited about phallic symbols think the car is a phallic symbol?

No.... is it: don't buy a Camaro b/c decipticons are homophobes? Oh, now I get it. That's why they're evil, because they're intolerant and like to vandalize others' property? Does that make Gobots Mormons or Scientologists?

If the Camaro was gay, it would definately weigh less, unless it had a beard. Does it have a beard?

mad_machine wrote: damn.. you would think that Gm had just committed a cardinal sin.

In the eyes of a lot of mouth-breathers, they have. However, I suspect that a lot of the people saying "I ain't buyin' no Camero now cause it's a fag car!" are not actually in the market for a ~$30k new car anyhow.

That new Camaro is fabulous!

RossD wrote: That reminds me of an old SNL sketch where Adam Sandler and Chris Farley are in a gay beer commercial. They open some beer and a bunch of dudes appear next to the pool to party with them. Then they high-five each other.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/679770/

hahaha... good call.

Well, roll me in honey and throw me to the bears! I'd have thought they'd use that ad for the Corvette. Every 'vette I see around here has some over-the-hill, ponytailed owner and his man-wife sitting in it.

This one's my favourite:

"Camaro fastest wheels on the hershey highway"

When you build a retro, redneck car. You shouldn't upset the rednecks.

Shawn

I kept wondering why I was getting pointed at and laughed in my miata. I thought it was because it was a clapped out p.o.s., but now I know!

"Buy the Camaro! With independent, fully-phallical suspension, it turns equally well both ways!"

Honestly though, I saw one yesterday and it is pretty cool. It's just a cool car. GM did what they should have done years ago. They made a Mustang.

It makes a lot of financial sense to market to homosexuals. They typically don't have dependents, so they should have more expendable income.

"Newsflash! Couples with two incomes and no dependents have significant amounts of disposable income." They're also one of the chief markets for travel companies. A woman bought the property my family used to have. Moving in, she had jet skis, quads, and a motorhome. I was not surprised to find rainbow stickers on the the trailer for the jet skis.

Interestingly, I asked a gay friend about "gay cars". He shot down the stereotypical ones that came to mind: Miatas and VW 'verts. Off the top of his head, he picked (I think in this order): Corvette, Jeep Wrangler, and RX8. I think that gay guys are still... guys.

Jeep TJ, girliest jeep ever, I don't care how good it is off-road.

I think cow seat covers and a "roxy" sticker are factory options on those things.

Shawn

Does Bruno drive a new Camaro in the movie? Would've been a good spot for some product placement.

the video was pulled

ah yes.. to be a dink (double income, no kids). Friends of mine are a gay couple. Nice guys, between the two of them they own 4 BMWs, a huge two story house, and go on vacations every 6 months..

TJ wrote: Does Bruno drive a new Camaro in the movie? Would've been a good spot for some product placement.

He rides in a Smart, that's about all I remember car wise. The "gay car" stereotypes are just that. If anything we have better taste from a GRM standpoint. Very few SUV's, more Subarus and Minis and other various other fun and practical cars.

"The racy commercials are part of a new advertising campaign targeting gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. "

I wonder if gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are OK with being lumped in together like that.

RossD wrote: That reminds me of an old SNL sketch where Adam Sandler and Chris Farley are in a gay beer commercial. They open some beer and a bunch of dudes appear next to the pool to party with them. Then they high-five each other.

Schmitts' Gay.

And really... aren't muscle cars and most sports cars kind of gay, anyway? It is a giant ostentatious mechanical phallis that causes men to stare and drool and women to completely ignore you.

It just always strikes me that "macho" activities are rather gay, and "gay" activities are rather virile. E.g. football and ballroom/social dancing. In the macho activity, a bunch of sweaty men grab and tackle each other before heading off to have a communal shower. In the other, you put your arms around graceful women in evening dresses and demonstrate to them your ability to direct their movements and move your body in sync with theirs.

SupraWes wrote: Very few SUV's, more Subarus and Minis and other various other fun and practical cars.

I think the article posted above said the top two manufacturers chosen by gays were Saab and Subaru.

I imagine they'd drive fewer SUV's and big cars, because they don't have kids/kid stuff to haul around. They're not out to impress the other soccer moms with their Chevy Tahoe.

Gay people seem to like to have fun. Makes since that they'd want fun cars.

Salanis wrote: I think the article posted above said the top two manufacturers chosen by gays were Saab and Subaru.

So does that make the 9-2x the ultimate gay car?

Here are the top ten gay cars of 2009 since everyone is so curious. I'm pretty sure everyone here is going to like their choices for the most part. Everyone does love Miatas here after all.

By that rational, the M1 Abrams is the gayest vehicle yet devised.