According to a recent survey by insurer Swinton, 80 per cent of drivers give their car a pet name. Swinton, one of the UKs biggest high street retailers for both mens and womens car insurance said that eight out of ten of us who own a car name it in order to bond with the vehicle.Insurer Development Manager for Swinton, Steve Chelton said: Drivers can easily become emotionally attached to their vehicles, and giving an affectionate name is the first step in this process.Customers who have an emotional attachment to their cars tend to look after them better, as they care for the car more like a person than a hunk of metal. As a result, females who gave their cars a name could receive cheaper womens car insurance for taking good care of their car.On the whole, women were more likely than men to name their c employment laws uk ars, with 88 per cent of women giving their vehicle a name, but less than half of the men admitted to doing the same. This may be a contributing factor to why womens car insurance is cheaper, as more women were willing to care for their vehicle and hence drive with more consideration.Car owners who were choosing a name for their vehicle said that the most important factor which contributed to the decision was the cars colour. Yellow cars tended to get stuck with names that included banana in the title, whereas red cars were given nicknames associated with going fast such as Speedy.After colour, the manufacturer of the vehicle was the next most influencing factor in naming a car. Renaults were imaginatively called Megan (after the Mégane) and Nicole after the popular Clio advert featuring Papa and Nicole.