
2006 Sexy Car Buyer's Guide
by Martha Hindes
Warm weather can have a subtle way of
revving up the senses. We take deeper, longer breaths
of balmy air, stretch toward the sunlight with abandon.
We skip mundane schedules for a few moments of pure
indulgence, and relish the idea of pampering as a valid
goal for the day.
This
is the world where sexy cars belong, those lusty, often
luxurious, inevitably tempting wheels that raise the
bar from average to adventurous with style. They are
the rejuvenators after a long dreary winter in North
country, a dominator of sun baked roadways in the South.
They meet an Eastern sunrise with a fresh, reviving
perspective. They skirt Western coastal roads with crisp
agility under the glow of a setting sun.
These
head turners are instant celebrities in the world of
autos that can ignore practicalities with impunity and
deliver solely on their luscious looks. They nearly
burst with the untamed potential of thunder-footed performance.
When they go topless, as so many do this year, their
temptation can be less brash and more suave, although
many possess both talents. They eclipse even the magnetic
attraction of the notable and deliciously naughty who
own them - or are owned by them to be exact.
Whether
they're priced at stellar six digit heights or more
affordable range, we sometimes willingly sacrifice other
treasured desires for the glory of ownership. In a realm
where satisfaction can be measured in the way they make
us feel, it takes very little to convince us they are
worth every penny. For the curious or the truly captivated,
we offer the following sensuous tour...
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