The Daihatsu Sirion offers excellent value for money to motorists searching for a practical supermini, according to reviewers.Parker's notes that the redesigned Sirion is more stylish and better finished inside than its predecessors.It is "deceptively spacious" and although the seats are a bit on the firm side, there is enough room for two adult passengers in the back.The driving position is good and the controls easy to locate and use, while the responsive handling makes the Sirion perfect for town centre motoring and easy to manoeuvre when parking.However, both the 1.0 and 1.3 litre engines lack power and What Car? complains that the smaller version is "particularly loud" when revved hard.Despite this, the relatively low purchase price and outstanding fuel economy figures make the Sirion a bargain alternative to the more popular superminis.All models come with a CD player, power steering, electric windows, remote central locking and air conditioning, while the SE trim adds alloy wheels and reversing sensors.Prices start at £7,460 and the entry level 1.0 S five door is in motor insurance group four.Motorists could save an average of £68.92 on their car insurance with Kwik-Fit Insurance, according to a study conducted last year.© Adfero Ltd
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The new policy, Lawcover, from LawAnswers http://www.lawanswers.co.uk, is a fully functional policy offering free legal cover and round-the-clock telephone support to accident victims and is aimed as a free competitor for paid-for policies which are sold by all the major motor insurers and motoring organisations.

Motor insurers routinely sell legal insurance as an addition to their policy for 20-30 while motoring organisations such as the AA and RAC give it away, but only if comprehensive motor insurance is purchased through them.

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Women's car insurance customers are less likely to fall foul of the law than their male counterparts, a new study in Canada has concluded.Price comparison website Kanetix analysed the data given by drivers searching for a car insurance quote during 2006 and discovered that men more regularly collected tickets than women for a variety of motoring offences.For instance, male drivers were almost three times more likely to have been caught out ignoring a traffic sign and nearly six times more liable to have received a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt.The statistics also revealed that men were three times more likely than women to have a speeding conviction on their record, a fact that could partially explain the accompanying accident figures.Drivers searching for a quote confessed to having been involved in a total of 34,022 collisions, with male drivers responsible for 66 per cent of those accidents.The figures go some way to explaining why women's car insurance is often cheaper, but Kanetix spokesman Gregory Ellis was keen to avoid reading too much into them."Of course, there is much more than just tickets and accidents needed to determine who's a better driver.

IU Students To Get Car Rental Privileges

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