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The average Brit spends 25 minutes every day driving, which equates to 152 hours, or 6.33 days nonstop driving every single year according to the research, with 64pc of people admitting that they’ve slept in their car overnight at some point in the past.
Leading user-courier matchmaking website www.Boxby.co.uk, which allows users to post delivery jobs for bulky or fragile items which couriers then bid on to transit have looked into the number of miles Brits drive.

Vauxhall owners and enthusiasts will have their first UK-exclusive track and action day at Castle Combe circuit in August as part of the popular Wiltshire motorsport venue’s 60th Diamond Jubilee celebrations this season.
Organisers say that the Total Vauxhall Live event on Saturday 7 August will be dedicated to the celebrated Vauxhall marque with track action and demos, a Vauxhall tuning and retail village, and thousands of Europe’s best Vauxhalls from highly tuned performance saloons to track icons and rare classics.

The recent cold weather is likely to have cost local authorities in Wales hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra gritting costs.
Several councils said their gritting budgets were severely overspent, with total costs reaching up to £4m.
The Welsh Local Government Association said most areas of Wales would have to dip into their emergency reserves to pay for the costs of extra gritting. The assembly government said it had the supplies to help councils if required.

The European Investment Bank has approved a loan to Saab Automobile for €400 million.
Victor Muller, Spyker CEO said: "We are extremely pleased with the decision by the EIB as this was a crucial component in enabling the acquisition of Saab to proceed. Months of hard work have paid off. We cannot wait to close this transaction now as soon as practically possible. We extend our gratitude to the EIB officials who have worked relentlessly to make this happen."

Two of the biggest names in automotive performance have come together to work on a special one-off project.
Subaru UK and Cosworth have enhanced the performance, handling and styling of the acclaimed Impreza STI, but detailed information about performance, specification and pricing will be made available closer to the vehicle’s March on-sale date.

Due to the success of its Swappage Programme, where buyers can trade in cars over seven years old to obtain a discount worth at least £3000, Vauxhall has extended the scheme to three more of its best-selling models: the Insignia, Meriva and Zafira.
Vauxhall’s Swappage offer allows buyers to use any seven-year-old UK-registered car with insurance, road tax and MOT – no matter what its value or condition – as currency to reduce the cost of any of the six models listed by at least £3000.

Perodua has had a successful start to 2010 as registrations for January are up by an impressive 67.6pc in comparison to the same month last year, in a market which is up 29.8pc on last year.
2009 proved to be a good year for Perodua too, despite the market being extremely tough for most of the year. Total registrations for Perodua in 2009 were up 4.2% in a market which was down 6.4%.

Consumer confidence in Toyota remains extremely high among inspite of the current spate of recalls according to a poll by Motorpoint.
Over 70pc of people surveyed by the car supermarket giant said their belief in Toyota remained strong even though hundreds of thousands of cars are being recalled across Europe owing to fears of a sticking accelerator pedal and floor mat.

Hertz has entered a commitment with Nissan to bring zero-emission mobility to car rental in the US and Europe by early 2011.
Under the terms of their Memorandum of Understanding, Hertz will develop a program for the roll-out of Nissan LEAF at select rental sites in those two major markets.