Teens pay £11,500 for first year on road

Does anyone check the figures?

If the "Five most expensive cars to insure (17-20-yr-olds)" tops out at Honda Civic for £4,516 annual premium, how come the Kia Picanto is listed at £7,091?
And if a Honda Civic (which model?) is really the most expensive car to insure - are are you saying they won't get insurance on something which would otherwise cost them more?
And yes, I did read the "cars costing £600 to £10,000" part.

By aje21 on 7 October, 2011, 1:18pm

I really don't know what to say about this. I'm 19 years old, and I've had my full license almost a year and I cannot get an insurance quote cheaper than £2,500. I'm not a bad boy racer like most young drivers, but if this carries on, I'm gonna have to wait til I'm at least 30 before I finally get my first car! Something has to be done.

By JPW2010 on 7 October, 2011, 3:24pm

@aje21

Thanks for your comment. The Kia Picanto quote is specifically for a 17-year-old male, while the figures supplied by Confused.com are an average of 17 to 20-year-olds. Apologies for not being 100% clear in the article but I hope this helps!

Thanks,
Auto Express

By Rhian on 7 October, 2011, 3:47pm

How does the UK insurance system work? Would a brand new Honda Civic for example be more expensive to insure? Here in Malta the insurance price is based solely on the purchase price of the car, apart from the age of the driver. The model of the car is not taken into consideration.

By ninette_z1 on 8 October, 2011, 3:27pm

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By fastpep1 on 8 October, 2011, 7:26pm

@fastpep1

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By bhalay207 on 8 October, 2011, 10:59pm

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By fastpep1 on 10 October, 2011, 10:37am

Reality Check

When I was 17, in the mid 1990's, no-one aged 17-25 would dream of owning a new car, you went the usual route of buying a banger which were usually cheaper to insure and cost peanuts to buy. Today, whilst insurance is undoubtedly an expensive joke (for everyone I hasten to add) people seem to expect to pass their test and step straight into something worth £5-£10k. They wonder why their insurance is so expensive for their £9k, 3 year old Fiesta ST in bright orange with black 18" alloys..... Duh!!! Motoring is expensive, always has been, it's just dawning on people again that is all. Cars have become to accessible due to various finance products that mean you can have acar way out of your price range for a paltry payment (never actually owning even a respectable % of the vehicle despite years of payments behind you) Truth is, cars are costly, they were in the 1970's, 1980's 1990's, 2000's and they are today. The whole problem stems from too many new drivers stepping straight into fast, trendy, expensive cars they cannot hope to control properly that as pushed the cost of insurance up all these years. About time some of them were brought back down to earth.

By JamesRiley on 15 October, 2011, 10:00am