To ask if you care about what cars others drive?

[Pearlsofmadness]

I went on a hen do a few months ago and was introduced to the work colleagues of my friend for the first time. After my name, the next question one of them asked me and another friend was what cars we drove.

Is this normal? AIBU to think this is a weird thing to ask someone when you're being introduced? I didn't mind telling her I drove a shitty KA. To me, cars just get you from A to B and I just don't think to ask people about it. She didn't speak to me for the rest of the night so perhaps she judged me and thought I wasn't good enough to talk to... Even though I earn double the salary of the hen who drives an Audi

As a self-confessed petrolhead, I'm always interested in talking cars and I'm interested to know what people drive... but it certainly wouldn't be the first or second question to someone I've just met! I would also never ask from the perspective of judging someone - I'm just genuinely interested in cars.

Thankfully my other half is a petrolhead too so we indulge each other!