Finding and purchasing your first vehicle can be both an exciting and intimidating experience. Although there’s no one-size-fits-all answer for how much should be spent, various factors including budget and financial situation will play a part in how much should be allocated towards purchasing this first car. When making this decision it is also important to keep in mind how it will be used and any driving needs which should determine this total figure.

No matter if you have recently passed your test or are just getting behind the wheel for the first time, we have put together a selection of safe, reliable, and budget-conscious vehicles designed specifically to be suitable for novice drivers. From urban streets to motorways – here is our selection of first driver cars!

Carl Benz is often credited as the inventor of the modern automobile, yet many people fail to remember that there were other people working on cars prior to him – Leonardo da Vinci being among them with his design for an autonomous self-propelled vehicle created in 1495 by himself!

But the first successful internal combustion engine wasn’t created until 1885, when Carl Benz released his Patent-Motorwagen. Based on a bicycle and using gasoline as fuel, this revolutionary automobile represented a true breakthrough in transportation history.

Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor saw this as an opportunity, and soon thereafter started designing and manufacturing cars that boasted far more advanced features than what was available before Benz came along.