2010 BEST Cars For Teens, That ARE Affordable -- Are These Models What You Would Get Your Kid?

Being a parent is never easy. And when it comes to car shopping, it doesn't get any easier.

With so many different variables -- price, safety, technology -- it is hard to pinpoint what is best for your little darling. So, the people at Consumer Reports did a damn fine job of helping you out.

The only problem was that feedback, which was provided, said that the cost of their best vehicles were a bit out of range for many people.

So, they went back to the drawing board.

Now Consumer Reports has put together a list of more affordable cars for teens.

001 will be happy because he recently purchased one of his children a 2007 Saab 9-3 and guess what, the 9-3 made the cut!

Do you agree with the list composed by Consumer Reports? What have you bought your children?


Response to our recent post suggesting best cars for teens has been tremendous, and not all responses have been positive.

Trying to pick the best car for our kids while balancing the budget may be one of the toughest decisions parents ever have to make. For starters, we’d insist that the car have electronic stability control--even though this important safety feature hasn’t been around that long, limiting its availability on older vehicles. Studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) show that ESC could well be the most important safety feature since the safety belt, and it could save as many as 10,000 lives per year if all vehicles were so equipped. NHTSA says ESC could also prevent more than 230,000 injuries annually.

Of course, not every family can afford to put a new driver behind the wheel of a car with the latest safety features. That said, it’s important to come as close as you can. Car crashes remain the number one killer of young people, and the younger the driver, the worse the fatality rate.

So our advice remains: Buy your teen driver the safest, most reliable, and newest vehicle you can...

**More affordable 2010 Best Cars For Teens

[Source: Consumer Reports]