A third of people don't do it. But haggling could save you £1500 on the average price when you're buying a new car, according to a What Car? report.

In a recent Sainsbury's Bank Car Buying Index*, people surveyed planned to spend an average of £7,598 on their next car. Seeing that the single biggest cost of driving is car purchase, it always pays to negotiate.

Sainsbury's Bank has a great guarantee for car buyers too - we undertake to always beat the What Car? target price for vehicles with our purchase scheme. Find out more

* Research conducted by TNS with 2021 people between 21st January and 30th January 2005