Top 5 Cars for Teens
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- Date: Aug 26,2008
With many graduates heading off to college, your thoughts will no doubt turn to what kind of car is best for you. That is a tough question, indeed. Numerous factors need to be considered when deciding on that first, or even second, car.
While safety should without a doubt be your top question, style also has to come into play with a list like this, along with affordability. Who wants to pull up to college or that first job in Grandma’s grocery runner? Besides Grandma, that is. Stylish doesn’t have to mean a Ferrari.
As far as the Insurance Institute is concerned, most of their Top 13 picks for 2007 fall into the SUV range of vehicle. This list will avoid those as both too bulky and too expensive for teens. Unless you plan to be living in Alaska, an SUV is overkill anyway. Common lore says that the bigger cars are safest due to having more protection around the occupants. That is a misconception. Many smaller cars rate above many of the bigger cars in crash tests lately. Plus, smaller cars are more fuel-efficient and easier to maneuver.
Volvo is at the top of the list for very good reason. Pick a Volvo, any Volvo, and you can be assured of a high level of safety features as well as little outlay for repairs. This Swedish company has long been the cream of the crop where durability is concerned. You may put out just a bit more for a Volvo initially, but you will save 10 times that through the years by not having to pay for repairs. Now a subsidiary of Ford, Volvo has thankfully retained their high standards even though changing ownership.
Many lists chose the XC90 as the best for teens. That is a great SUV, possibly the best SUV on the market for any age group… but the Volvo’s new C30 is a better choice as a first car for teens. It is stylish, compact, very easy on gas, rates extremely high on safety, and will require very little maintenance. The C30 is also a bit less pricey than the XC90, slated to have a base price of about $23,000 when introduced to the American market this year.
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