Category: Guides

When purchasing a new car, we are regularly asked ‘what the safest family cars’ by many of our customers.

Seventeen is a great age - slap bang in the middle of your GCSEs and A levels so there’s no exam pressures, you might even have a bit of extra cash from that part time job you’ve got. Best of all, you’re finally old enough to drive a car! Whoop!

Winter driving isn't always fun, especially when it's cold, dark, wet or icy out, but a new used car can put some more modern motoring technologies at your fingertips to make it more comfortable and safer to go out for a drive.

So you're buying your first car - what are the most important things to take into consideration? You want something you can rely on, something that isn't too difficult to drive with little to no experience, but probably also something that will look good when you pull up to pick up your friends.

Think 'summer' and you're likely to think 'road trips', which is partly why we've made the BMW 330d M Sport our top 5 summer cars.

City living comes with its benefits and its challenges, and this is as true of motoring as it is of any other part of the urban lifestyle - so what are the best cars to choose as city runabouts?