BMW'S 318i is the winner of this year's Kwik-Fit Fleet tyre mileage table which revealed that the German model averaged 12% more miles between tyre changes than the 10th placed Volkswagen Passat 1.8.

The exact mileage clocked up has not been disclosed. In second and third spots were the Vauxhall Omega 2.0 and 2.5 followed by the Audi A4 1.8, Mercedes-Benz E200 and C180, Audi A4 1.9 TD, Renault Laguna 1.8 and 2.0. The table is compiled by including the mileage of worn tyres and the frequency of replacement in data collected on 250,000 fleet vehicles under the company's Tyre Management programme.