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What sedan would you recommend for a P plater?

What sedan would you recommend for a P plater?

There are two things that are crucial for inexperienced drivers. And those start with reliability and end with safety. Reliability is more or less a given these days when it comes to relatively new cars, so my advice would be to buy the car that offers the biggest safety package within your budget.

Look for side- air-bags and curtain air-bags, as well as things like autonomous braking, blind-spot monitoring and lane-keep assistance. Things like anti-lock brakes and stability control have been standard on most cars for years now, but the above, newer technologies are still filtering down from high-end cars into the more democratised part of the market.

But make sure you know exactly what you’re buying as sometimes these safety technologies are bundled up as part of an extra-cost option when the cars are bought new. Not all new-car buyers see the value in this, so it’s possible to have two very similar looking cars with very different safety credentials. Know your target.

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