There were 522,000 black...

There were 522,000 black cars sold in 2006, which makes it Britain"s second favourite colour - in 2005 it was placed third. Silver is still number one, but the volume of models registered in this colour fell by 55,000 over the previous year to 671,000.

The research also revealed...

The research also revealed that over a third of men and women see drive time as down time and would rather drive alone than with any other family member, lover, friend, pet or celebrity! And that a scenic mountain pass was the setting for UK drivers" perfect drive (38 per cent), closely followed by a long country lane, with a fifth of all votes.