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'Smartest' UK drivers revealed

DRIVERS aged 50-65 from the Midlands have been judged to be Britain’s 'smartest' – displaying the most fuel efficient and safe driving behaviours – while people aged 18-30 from Wales and the South West are more like driving dunces, new research claims. Youngsters in the north of England are the nation’s smartest young drivers, but overall older drivers reign supreme on the road. The Shell FuelSave Smarter Driving research ranked young (aged 18-30) and older motorists (aged 50-65) on their ‘smart’ and ‘not-smart’ driving behaviours towards fuel efficiency and safety – everything from smooth driving to wearing appropriate footwear behind the wheel.

Aston Martin wants the Le Mans title

Aston Martin will challenge for the overall Le Mans Champion in 2009 Aston Martin won the overall title in 1959 – 50 years ago with the DBR1 driven by Caroll Shelby – and are aiming to bring the title back to the UK with the new car, which is based on the 2008 Charouz Racing System Lola, and powered by the same V12 engine seen in the title winning DBR9s of the last two years. The car will carry the famous Gulf Oil colours, and is being funded in partnership with Lola, Michelin, Koni and BBS. And this is a good time to pick to challenge for the title.

SEAT Mii 5-Door joins its VW stablemates

The 5-door SEAT Mii revealed ahead of the Geneva Motor Show The 5-Door SEAT Mii has been revealed ahead of its debut at Geneva in March, joining the 5-door VW Up and Skoda Citigo city cars. Today it’s SEAT’s turn to take the VW Group City Car and turn it in to a 5-door, with the reveal of the SEAT Mii 5-door ahead of the Geneva Motor Show in March, alongside the 5-door VW Up and the 5-door Skoda Citigo. Really, there’s not a huge amount to say about the SEAT Mii 5-door that we haven’t already said about the 3-door Mii - except it gets two extra doors.