Sometimes I'm not sure about our friends over the pond. Forbes have published 'The sexiest cars of 2006". For a start we are not even half way through said year,  and they have certainly not picked the cream of the crop anyhow!

Yes I know the yanks love there 'pickups' but for gord sake the Sexiest Car For "Country Living" is a  Dodge Ram Power Wagon! What? That monstrosity could not be considered sexy under any conditions, the thing certainly hit every branch of the ugly tree on the way down. What's wrong with the Range Rover Sport or the M5. If you do need a 'pickup' then the Toyota Hilux is a much nicer looking creation.

Sexiest Car For College Students is the Saturn Sky, So I cannot really comment on this one as we don't have the Sky in Europe, in fact we don't have the brand, the closest thing we have to the Saturn is the VX220. However Forbes should have chosen the new MX5 anyhow! it's cheaper to buy and run, more reliable and better looking.

Sexiest Car For Desperate Housewives is the Subaru WRX STi Limited. Well yes this is a good car, another car that fell out the ugly tree, but a good car never the less, the European version is a 2.5ltr turbo charged Boxter, not sure if the American's get that one yet. However I would have gone for the Mitsubishi Evo FQ400 here, it's just nicer looking.

Sexiest Car For Hip-Hop Moguls is the Rolls-Royce Phantom, well I would not call the Phantom sexy, but it sure has presence. I could think of a few other's. But they would be too sexy for your average rapper. So yeah this is a good choice, the only other option is the Bentley Arnage.

Sexiest Car For Hollywood Agents is the Lexus RX 400h, what do I know about Hollywood? this car was probably chosen due to it being a 'hybrid'. The people who drive them missed the point though, the electric engine is in there to give the car V8 levels of performance, whilst using a V6 engine.

Sexiest Car For Miami Beach Plastic Surgeons is the Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster, Can't argue here, sexy gorgeous car with attitude. Possible others would be the Zonda or the GTX.

Sexiest Car For Mobsters is the Cadillac Escalade, well lets be honest, mobster and gangsters do not usually have a brain, so a slow, overweight, thirsty, rolly polly piece of rubbish is just perfect for them.

Sexiest Car For Newly Divorced Dads is the Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, well OK, at least this one does look nice! however it's not in the slightest way about to challenge any of the European cars for driving. I would recommend that if you want a bit of fun as well as wind in your hair joys, then get the new Jaguar XK Convertible.

Sexiest Car For Newly Divorced Moms is the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG, well OK then, good car. A bit expensive for my taste but never the less.

Sexiest Car For People Living In Their Cars is the Honda Element. Another car we don't have in the UK so cannot really comment. I would possibly go for a Volvo XC90, or if you don't want to spend that much then the Smart Four-Four has a very clever interior.

Sexiest Car For Washington Lobbyists is a Cadillac CTS, now again I would not know what a Washington Lobbyist is let alone what they drive. The CTS has not gone down all that well in Europe, something to do with the styling I think. Yes the CTS is meant to b a decent car, let down by it's 'tacky' interior. I would probably go for the Maserati Quattroporte. It's sexy, quick, handles well and it's Italian.

So then, it looks like the US market certainly has a different taste to the European market when it comes to cars. I tend to think that the US market is all about Cubic Inches and us Europeans really don't care about that. We know size does not matter, it's been proven that the old adage "There's no replacement for displacement" is just not true any more. We have 2ltr engines that out perform 5ltr V8's, and diesel lump's with more torque.

Let me know what you think, have I left anything out?