What are some of the worst cars for teenage drivers?
Then you take your teenager shopping for their first car, most parents feel two emotions, pride, and at the same time, dread. Every one of us remembers early driving experiences and how most of us either got into accidents, had some very close shaves. In some cases, we know someone who wasn't lucky enough to come to their teenage driving experience unscathed.
Because of this keeping your child happy needs to be put to the side when choosing the right vehicle for them. In this article, I'm going to cover some of the worst types of cars you can buy for teenagers, and these are going to be under specific categories.
Detailing makes them such a wrong choice, and I'm going to give you some examples of cars or brands you should avoid.
1. Speed Kills
2. Avoid Cars that are Distracting to Drive
3. Don't Buy a Piece of Junk
4. Technology is not Always Your Teen's Best Friend
5. Avoid Larger Vehicles
6. From One Extreme to the Other
7. Any Luxury or Sports Car Has to Be a Flat Out No!
1Speed Kills
This one should have been obvious, but you would be amazed and other teenagers you can see driving around in the worst cars that they're utterly unequipped to handle.
Unfortunately, every car you can buy for your teen will generate enough speed to kill them. But more often than not, it is a teen's impulsive nature rather than the car that is at fault.
However, it does help if you avoid purchasing any car with excessive horsepower, such as the ones listed below, whether you can easily afford them or not.
Chevrolet Corvette
V8-powered Chevrolet Camaro
Ford Mustang
500-horsepower Dodge Viper
Dodge Challenger Hellcat
2Avoid Cars that are Distracting to Drive
One of the most distracting cars you can ever buy a teenager is a convertible or roadster. They have enough to be concentrating on without having to deal with road noise and the wind blowing in their ears, especially if they're trying to hold conversations with other young passengers. When you want your teenager to focus on the road, buy them a car that offers the minimum number of possible distractions, Avoid cars of the ilk listed below.
Ford Mustang
V6-powered Chevrolet Camaro
Mazda MX-5 Miata
3Don't Buy a Piece of Junk
There's probably an excellent reason that the previous owner of the twenty-year-old sedan you're looking at is no longer driving it. Regardless if it's being tucked away in someone's garage and only has a few thousand miles on the clock. The first thing you should consider when buying a car for a teenager is how safe it is. Airbags, anti-lock brakes, and electronic stability control aren't bonuses; they are a must. Avoid anything that you wouldn't drive yourself, such as the vehicles listed below.
Pontiac Fiero
Ford Pinto
Chevrolet Astro Cargo Van
4Technology is not Always Your Teen's Best Friend
Once again, the decision comes down to limiting the number of distractions available to teenagers when they're driving. Vehicles that are heavy on technology should be considered among the worst cars for teenagers.
Because your youth is probably already envisioning Wi-Fi connections, BlueTooth, and built-in tablets, you should avoid disappointment or arguments by settling this decision on the spot. Avoid tech-heavy cars such as.
BMWs
Mercedes-Benzs
Audis
Cadillacs
Lexus’
Acura's
5Avoid Larger Vehicles
I know from experience to some fathers think that the bigger the car that their teenagers are driving, the better. But in all honesty, unless you're an experienced driver, some of these are too challenging to handle.
Especially when it comes to passing, parking, or judging space between lanes safely, driving larger cars or trucks during heavy traffic, or on wet and windy days, their inexperience could easily bite them. Avoid cars such as the.
Ford F-150
Ram 1500
6From One Extreme to the Other
While buying your teenager a subcompact might be the most cost-effective option, they're not very suitable for inexperienced drivers.
Take it from the insurance companies, which list these cars are the most dangerous on the road. They don't want teenagers driving subcompact and are already charging accordingly. Hight on their list of vehicles to avoid are the.
Kia Rio
Nissan Versa
Hyundai Accent
7Any Luxury or Sports Car Has to Be a Flat Out No!
Purchasing your beloved adolescent, a luxury car sports car is just nuts for three excellent reasons. They're rather expensive, two, insurance costs are enormous, and three usually have far too much power for young drivers. Leave the Audi A7, Mercedes-Benz SLK, or the Cadillac CTS-V in the showroom until their 21st birthday, at least.
The Bottom Line
When you're buying a teenage driver their first car, they need something that isn't too tacky or flashy, something that's solid and stable on the road.