Is The BMW 7-Series The Gayest Car In LA?

I’ve lived in LA all my life and I wouldn’t pick the BMW 7 as a “gay car.” If you’re talking about sheer volume, you’d have to go with a BMW 3-series or Audi A4 (sedans, coupes and convertibles) and the Mercedes C-Class. The leases of these cars are so vented that almost anyone with a job can afford one.

Further down the ladder, perhaps a VW Jetta or Golf. And in the last 5 years, I’d have to say that the ultimate non-driver’s car, the Toyota Prius, has sucked up much of the gay market. There are still the Jeep Wrangler people (even if the suspension is the modern version of the Spanish Inquisition) and some Mazda MX-5/BMW Z4/MBZ SLKs.

My unofficial sense is that gay men prefer the BMW 7-series to the Mercedes S-Class, but not by leaps and bounds. If I drive through Beverly Hills or Century City, I’d say that both are popular with the rich white men club, regardless of sexual orientation. Something you may have overlooked is the Range Rover Sport – the favorite car of gay realtors (and there are A LOT of gay realtors in LA), even if it is running on the cheap LR3 platform, not the Range Rover platform. I also see plenty of Range Rovers (the real ones) in the gym parking lot.

The MINI is also extremely popular with “the gays.” I had one (a Clubman S) and absolutely hated it; but I’ve seen countless MINI Countrymans running around and almost all of them are driven by gay men. What does that tell us?

I’m a gay dude who is leaving LA for Amsterdam and leaving my truck for a bicycle. But after years of observing gays in LA and their cars, I’d have to say that the only real rule of thumb is that gay dudes are slightly more into “masculine” vehicles. If I was going to pick a gay male car, I’d say the F-150 Raptor. I also know a lot of gay folks with green cars, but I’d ascribe that to the circles I travel in politically. Sorry, don’t know any 7 series owners, but I don’t live on the West Side and thus have a lower douchebag exposure in my life.