Safe Rides for Teen Drivers: Hyundai’s Top Picks

Looking for a safe vehicle for your teenager driver? Hyundai has you covered with some great new and used vehicle choices. 

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Consumer Reports, the venerable and respected testing organization, puts out an annual list of excellent options for teen drivers. It’s in three broad categories of New, Good Used and Best Used, and then in subsets of cars and SUVs based on size:

New Hyundai Vehicles

• Ioniq 6 – Midsized cars
• Ioniq 5 – Small SUVs
• Kona – Small SUVs
• Tucson – Small SUVs
• Santa Fe – Midsized SUVs (built after November ‘24

Hyundai “Good” Used Choice

• Hyundai Sonata (2016-22; built after October 2015) – midsize cars

Hyundai “Best” Used Choice

• Hyundai Sonata (2023 or newer; built after December 2022) – midsize cars