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      06-16-2019, 04:45 PM   #6
SteveinArizona
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something with maximum safety and tolerable but NOT high performance. I would not give a new driver a charger. I would look for something around 200 HP.

During my son's first year driving his car was hit when another teenage blew through a stop sign and went into my son's Elantra. The Elantra in turn hit a jeep flipping it over. It turns out the major injury was to the teenager who blew by the stop sign (broken arm). It wasn't my son's fault but a more experienced driver might have been better monitoring the side streets even though they had stop signs.

My point is that there is more to safety than just trying to be a safe driver. Experience matters and until that experience is developed, I would look for something like a Honda Civic or Accord, a Toyota Camry or Corolla or Rav4, etc.

Too much HP at an early stage of driving experience can be problematic.
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