1st car costs less than 60s

YOUNG drivers pay less for their first car than their grandparents did when they got behind the wheel.

The average spend today is £4,627, but to get on the road in the 1960s it cost the equivalent of £6,026.

Then the most popular models were Morris Minors and Minis, while the Ford Ka is now No1.

Of 18 to 34-year-olds 56% paid for their own.

Website CarGurus said: “The large used car market is helping drivers acquire affordable vehicles.”