The best cars for new drivers: Toyota of Clermont answers

The best cars for new drivers: Toyota of Clermont answers

Are you about to send off your teen driver to the highway? We can understand that it can be uncomfortable, especially without all the safety features in the car. It is essential to be educated on which car is best for you to make you and your new driver more comfortable while driving.?

Well, lucky for you, Consumer Reports and the IIHS – the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety – collaborate every year to compose a list of the best cars for new drivers. As expected, Toyota snagged multiple spots on the list for both used and new vehicles. Another lucky moment for you, you’re able to purchase one of the best cars for teens right at Toyota of Clermont.

What makes used cars the best cars for teens??

To make the cut on the Consumer Reports and IIHS best cars for teens list, a car has to have one main feature: safety. We’re going to get nitty-gritty with this list. So, here are the specific features or criteria that the cars have to offer to make the list of best cars for new drivers:

• Above-average handling
• A dry braking distance of fewer than 145 feet at 60 mph
• Above-average reliability
• A standard electronic stability system
• Good IIHS safety ratings (especially in the moderate overlap front, original side, head restraints, and roof strength tests)
• Features that discourage dangerous driving or risk-taking (for example, sports cars, cars with curb weights under 2,750 lbs, and large vehicles with long braking distances are not considered for the list)
• Four or five stars from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

The Safest Cars for Teens: Best Choices list

To start, here are the used Toyotas that made the cut for the Safest Cars for Teens: Best Choices list in 2023:

• Toyota Highlander (2014 or newer), Mid-Size SUVs
• Toyota Avalon (2015 or newer), Large Cars
• Toyota Prius v (2015-2017), Mid-Size Cars
• Toyota RAV4 (2015 or newer), Small SUVs
• Toyota Tacoma (2016 or newer), Pickup Trucks
• Toyota Prius (2014), Small Cars
• Toyota Sienna (2015-2018), Minivans

The Safest Cars for Teens: Good Choices list

Next, here are the used Toyotas that made the cut for the Safest Cars for Teens: Good list in 2023:

• Toyota Avalon (2013-2014), Large Cars
• Toyota Corolla (2013 or newer), Small Cars
• Clermont Toyota Prius v (2013), Mid-Size Cars
• Toyota RAV4 (2013-2014), Small SUVs
• Toyota Camry (2013 or newer), Mid-Size Cars
• Toyota Highlander (2013), Mid-Size SUVs
• Toyota Prius (2013), Small Cars

What makes new vehicles the best cars for teens?

Now let’s talk about new cars. Here are the marks that new Toyotas have to hit to ensure they make the list:

• They must be a 2023 IIHA Top Safety Pick or Top Safety Pick Plus.
• They need to get good scores in handling and dry braking tests (like the used cars criteria)
• They must have average or better scores in the Consumer Reports reliability rankings.
• They have to come with standard vehicle-to-vehicle automatic emergency braking.

Just a mini P.S.A., any cars with above-average insurance claims are automatically excluded from the list.

The Safest New Cars for Teens list

To make it simple, here are the cars that made the Safest New Cars for Teens list:

• Toyota RAV4, Small SUVs
• Toyota Highlander, Mid-Size SUVs

However, we’ve got more options waiting on the lot for you at Toyota of Clermont. Here are our IIHS Top Safety Picks for 2023:

• RAV4 Prime
• Venza
• Corolla
• Clermont RAV4

And here are our IIHS Top Safety Pick + models for 2023:

• Sienna
• Clermont Tacoma
• Tundra
• Clermont Camry
• Highlander

Shop for the best cars for teens at Toyota of Clermont

Ready to take your new driver shopping for one of the best cars for teens? Come down to Toyota of Clermont today. We’re open seven days a week at 16851 State Road 50, just west of the Florida Turnpike. You can also call us at (352) 404-7000 today.