Advice on what car to choose for a new driver?

mhoc

My youngest son does adventure sports so he has mounds of kit to carry around with him. h
He needs a vehicle to carry all of his clobber around with him. Any suggestions as to what to get which has masses of space, very reliable but also low insurance for a 20 year old.
We are thinking of an estate car or van of some sort.
Originally we thought of maybe an old land rover. I had a look at auto trader but there does not seem to be that many for sale and the insurance might be too much for a new driver. But this would be the ideal type of vehicle.
Any suggestions?

Mr_Thrifty

15 year old Mondeo?

maninthestreet

To keep the insuance low, you will need a car with a small engine, which rules out most estate cars. Volvo estates have bags of room and go on forever, but the insurance is still likely to be prohibitive.

rev_henry

maninthestreet wrote: »

To keep the insuance low, you will need a car with a small engine, which rules out most estate cars. Volvo estates have bags of room and go on forever, but the insurance is still likely to be prohibitive.

However volvos are old man cars so insurance for a young person may be surprisingly cheap.

Mondeo's a good call too.

Has he only just passed his test? You need to get some quotes - I'm 20 and could insure all the above within reason, but then again I have 3 years NCD...