You know what they say about guys with fancy sports cars. . . they impress the women. Right? Well, a new study of 400 single men and women conducted by Ford Motor Company shows that the vehicle you drive IS an important factor in dating.

The survey says that eighty-nine percent of men and 95 percent of women said they were extremely or somewhat likely to notice their date's car. Apparently your hot wheels really do rev her engine. Ford said it's not just the make and model of a car that's noticed; 58 percent said the condition of their date's car would have an impact their attraction to the person.

Sixty-nine percent of the women said the condition of their date's vehicle would at least somewhat affect their attraction to their date compared to 47 percent of men.

About 20 percent of respondents said they had been "asked to chip in for car-related expenses by their date" -- 15 percent said they were asked to contribute for gas followed by 9 percent for parking and 6 percent for tolls.

Twenty-two percent said their "most embarrassing car date moment," was being told by their date that they were a bad driver.