# 40% of Top Gear viewers are women. Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873 "2012-12-22T22:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873/61 "2012-12-29T00:25:11Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > Whaaa? Cars on the whole were quite a bit heavier then than they are now. This was a stripped base model and it was before luxury, safety, and pollution additions added weight and sapped power. It did have a radio and heater at a time when those were options, but that was it. And cars were not generally heavier then: the '67 Camaro with a V8 weighed 3070 pounds and the 2012 Camaro SS weighs 3849. It seems that people like air conditioning, carpeting, and not dying in a crash. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873/62 "2012-12-30T17:53:47Z")
I’d like Sabine Schmitz to be gradually brought in as a fourth presenter. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873/63 "2012-12-30T18:19:00Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I’d like Sabine Schmitz to be gradually brought in as a fourth presenter. She’d add a new dimension, and allow them to freshen the format up a bit. It’s become a little stale recently. Plus she can get a Ford Transit van round the Nürburgring in just a little over ten minutes, so… ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873/64 "2012-12-30T19:25:17Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > They’ve all done other shows - May does[Man Lab](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May%27s_Man_Lab);Hammond did [Braniac](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainiac:_Science_Abuse) and Clarkson had [Speed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_%28TV_series%29). Just to name the three shows me and the kid watched over the last few years. James May has another excellent show worth checking out if you haven’t seen it: [Toy Stories](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May%27s_Toy_Stories). There’s a new one on right now in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873/65 "2012-12-30T22:10:20Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > James May has another excellent show worth checking out if you haven’t seen it: [Toy Stories](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May%27s_Toy_Stories). There’s a new one on right now in the UK. Excellent! We loved the Lego house and racetrack epoisodes. Should screen here any time from next week to July 2018. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40-of-top-gear-viewers-are-women-why/644873.md?page=3)