Do you look like your car? A recent study by a team from the University of Vienna suggests you do –and it’s backed up by compelling evidence.
Of course, if this is true, then those of us who own a 1988 Lada Samara may be less than pleased.
But how did these Austrians come to this striking conclusion? It was all based on a hypothesis of one Stefan Stiegar, who thought that cars often resembled their owners.
Speaking to the MailOnline, Stiegar explained how he and Martin Voracek recreated a well-known study that concluded dogs look like their owners – but with cars instead of hounds.
They showed 160 people a picture of a car above six people – one of whom was the owner. Those surveyed were asked to mark each person from one to six, with a 'one' denoting that the car closely resembled their face, and a 'six' not at all. The data revealed that most people do indeed look like their cars.
Take a look at the above image: which person most resembles the car? See the answer at the foot of the page.
The results were associated with the front of the car. A control study, however, which showed people images of vehicles' sides highlighted no resemblance between owners and their cars. Just as well. In what other ways could a car be like their owner? Would they choose a car more liable to need annual breakdown cover if they themselves tended to break down occasionally?
Speaking for myself, I've always been strangely drawn to Ferraris.
Picture quiz: Which one was the owner? The man in the top left!
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