Best Cars For Teens

The Maruti Suzuki Celerio is one of the best first cars for a teenager. The Celerio produces little more power and features than the Maruti Suzuki Alto, and overall it is a lot more stylish as well. Apart from that, the 5-speed AMT gearbox equipped variant of the Maruti Suzuki Celerio is a breeze around the city traffic. Moreover, it is also the most fuel-efficient in India with a fuel-efficiency figure of 26.68 kpl. The Maruti Suzuki Celrio is powered by a 65.7 bhp 1.0-litre dual VVT engine with 89 Nm of torque.

The new Maruti Suzuki Swift is one of the best selling cars in the country and it is an ideal hatchback if the teenager is a driving enthusiast. The hatchback from the Japanese manufacturer is a proper driver's car with fun-to-drive handling characteristics. Maruti Suzuki Swift is in its third generation and its super fuel-efficient 88.50 bhp 1.2-litre K-series petrol engine delivers peppy performance and great mileage. The Maruti Suzuki Swift comes packed with features such as LED projector headlamps, Steering mounted audio and telephone controls, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, a 7-inch infotainment unit with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, Cruise Control, Electrically adjustable and foldable ORVMs and many more. Safety features include dual airbags, ABS, Electronic Stability Program (ESP), Hill-Hold Assist and many more.

The Tata Tiago is one of the safest hatchbacks in the country with a 4-star safety rating from the Global-NCAP. It is powered by a 1.2-litre naturally-aspirated Revotron petrol engine and this engine produces 84.48 bhp and this engine is mated either to a 5-speed manual transmission or a 5-speed AMT gearbox. The Tata Tiago comes with a good feature list such as a 7-inch Harman touchscreen infotainment unit with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, Steering mounted controls, reversing camera, 8-speaker surround sound system and many more.

The Nissan Magnite is a great car if you are looking for an ultra fuel-efficient sub-4m SUV suitable for a teenager. The Japanese compact SUV also comes with one of the lowest starting prices in its segment. The Nissan Magnite comes with two 1000cc engine options. The base 1.0-litre naturally-aspirated model produces 71.05 bhp, whereas the more potent 1.0-litre turbocharged variant pumps out 98.63 bhp. While the sole gearbox option on the naturally-aspirated variant is the 5-speed manual transmission, the turbocharged variant gets both the 5-speed manual transmission and the CVT automatic transmission.