Best car wanted for safety, low insurance and economy for new 17 year old driver ?

Bargainbabe_2

I'm not up on cars but my friend's OH had a Landrover for his 1st car. It absolutely cained the fuel, especially around town driving.

Nile

juan_kerr wrote:

I'm asking you experts in economy to let me know what the safest, lowest insurance, economical and reliable car we should be looking for, for a 17 year old new driver.
Our budget with a bit of HP will probably be between £3000-£3500. But any suggestions will be grately received on higher and lower priced vehicles, so we can start our search.
We have about six weeks to look around.
We'd be grateful for what to avoid also.
Thanks for your help

bill

Toyota always scores well in the JD Powers survey for customer satisfaction. Toyota cars are reliable and safe and economical which covers 3 of your 4 categories. I'm not sure about the insurance.

I have owned Toyota cars (including the Yaris) for many years and can speak from experience, they are 100% reliable (I've wasted my money on AA membership, have never needed to call them) and safe and economical. You won't go far wrong buying a Toyota Yaris.

However, if you are more worried about street cred and not concerned about high petrol bills and reliability...........buy a Land Rover instead.

I am not connected to the Toyota company, just a very happy customer.

flea72

how can you get insurance for a 17yr old new driver for £400?

i cant even get quotes for that price, and ive been driving for 10yrs, with no claims

ive just done a rough quote on a landrover for a 17yr old, and its coming in at anywhere between £2.5k and £4k for a car worth £2.5k - ok thats fully comp, but 3rd party doesnt work out much cheaper nowadays

i would think the large engine size, would have alot of bearing on costs for a 17yr old?

Dave_G_5

If it was me buying a car for my child I would be looking at either a Volvo or Saab purely for their safety. I know they won't be great on fuel consumption unless you bought a diesel or one that was converted to lpg, but I would rather pay a bit more to know they were safe. I would also look to be only spending about £1k on the car, that way I wouldn't worry quite so much if they bumped it. They can always get something better when they have a bit more experience.

I advised my Dad to do this when my youngest brother was learning to drive. Instead he got a fiat Sciecento, which my brother managed to crash twice, writing it off the second time. Luckily no one was hurt but my Dad said afterwards that he wished he'd listened to me and bought him a cheap Volvo!!

ArsenalFC

It has to be a yaris. The car has excellent ratings, looks decent, economical, cheap to insure and unbeatable reliablility. Forget fords, vauxhall and renault, Toyota yaris is the one to get.

Swiss_Toni

flea72 wrote:

how can you get insurance for a 17yr old new driver for £400?

i cant even get quotes for that price, and ive been driving for 10yrs, with no claims

ive just done a rough quote on a landrover for a 17yr old, and its coming in at anywhere between £2.5k and £4k for a car worth £2.5k - ok thats fully comp, but 3rd party doesnt work out much cheaper nowadays

i would think the large engine size, would have alot of bearing on costs for a 17yr old?

Try https://www.confused.com

Cheers!!

flea72

thats where i got the quotes from!