A study by the dating site Zoosk, as reported by a website called askmen, finds people are 243 percent more likely to respond to a profile that includes a photo of a Jeep.

The study also finds that sedans get you 42 percent better results, for some reason.

The big loser is the hapless hatchback owner, whose chances are down 15 percent.



Tired of swiping right all day and getting no bites on your online dating profile? Allow us to help with some solid automotive consumer advice: Put a Jeep in one or more of your photos. According to dating site Zoosk, which in conjunction with the website askmen analyzed more than 15 million online dating photos of men and women, images that include Jeeps boosted messages from potential conquests by 243 percent.

Look, of all the shameless things you could try to pull in order to score a date, making sure a Jeep is in the background of a photo seems like the easiest and least sleazy. They're everywhere. Just go take a selfie in front of one, maybe making sure there is a leafy or outdoorsy background so it looks like you're as trail-rated as the Jeep.

What kind of Jeep does this study refer to? It doesn't specify. But we'd recommend skipping, say, a Compass or a Renegade and trying, say, something truly Jeepy like a Wrangler or the new Gladiator pickup. Whatever you do, stay far, far away from the now-defunct Patriot. Even if it gets you a date, do you really want to go out with the person who was impressed by that?

Do this (Jeep Gladiator, left), not that (Jeep Patriot, right). Jeep

Zoosk didn't simply analyze whether Jeeps help guys and gals out—it also looked at how other nameplates fared. In a win for cars in their ongoing, losing struggle for relevance against crossovers and SUVs, sedans increase your messaging chances by 42 percent. Roll your eyes if you must, but a BMW ups your game by 149 percent, while a truck gives you a 41 percent boost.

Featuring a hatchback in your profile reduces inbound messages by 15 percent. We're not sure where this animosity toward practical, carlike transportation is coming from, nor are we sure we can trust it: The same study found that vans increase incoming messages by 61 percent. Vans shouldn't increase messages at all—see our earlier statement about sleazy pickup tactics, which we'd say include kidnapping by windowless van. Nor should a Toyota up your message frequency by 73 percent. Really? A Toyota?

Anyway, we assume the Jeep boost comes from the brand's outdoorsy image. Everyone likes to think they're adventurous or wants an adventurous, er, mate, with, um, adventurous tastes. Such is the power of the Jeep brand—for the low, low price of whatever one of its products costs (or, again, a free selfie on the street along with a good made-up back story when your date starts asking questions), you can engage your, ahem, low range and take the bouncy road, if you get our drift. So, go get a Jeep and go get 'em, tiger.

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