The research also revealed that when buying a new set of wheels, reliability is the most important factor , closely followed by good fuel economy and low servicing costs .
Mark Carpenter, CEO at Motorpoint, said: “When it comes to technological upgrades in our daily lives, we tend to think about phones, laptops – or even kitchen appliances, but the motoring industry has also had something of a revolution when it comes to car specification. It also emerged that more than a quarter of drivers don’t use the features in their car because they simply don’t know how to.