Newly certified drivers plan on spending £4,124 on their first automobile, in line with new analysis.
Pre-17 driving consultants at Younger Driver surveyed 500 of its prospects, who will quickly flip 17, to search out out what their plans are after they go their driving check.
Nearly two thirds of the respondents (64%) stated the brand new driver would have their very own automobile after they handed their check – with 8% already having one lined up. One in three (29%) stated the brand new driver would solely have use of their father or mother’s automobile to start with. Solely 3% would don’t have any entry to a car.
When requested how a lot they have been prone to spend on a brand new automobile, solely 4% stated they deliberate on forking out greater than £10,000. Seven per cent have been automobiles underneath £1,000, with the typical quantity, from all of the responses, being £4,124.
In 60% of instances the automobile can be purchased by a father or mother or different member of the family, and for 40% it will be the motive force themselves.
A automobile dealership was the most well-liked manner of securing a brand new automobile, with 36% saying that’s how they might buy a car, intently adopted by 35% wanting on-line. One in 10 (11%) plan to get a automobile from buddies or household.
Of the brand new drivers who will probably be getting a automobile, the Younger Driver analysis revealed that:
- 98% will get a used car
- 84% will get a petroleum
- 12% will get a diesel
- 4% will get an electrical
- 92% will get a handbook
Younger Driver launched in 2009 and specialises in educating 10-17 12 months olds how one can drive, with the intention of making a safer subsequent era of drivers.
