Hi Angela,

To satisfy our insurance companies, for a first-time, young male driver you need to pick something very small-engined and low-powered. Anything beneath a 1.2-litre engine is best to go for and you need to look at used city cars superminis – for the former, things like the Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, Volkswagen up!, SEAT Mii, Skoda Citigo, Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 108 and Citroen C1 are the best examples, while for the latter it’s the usual suspects like the Ford Fiesta, Volkswagen Polo, Opel Corsa and so on.