Top 10: Essential products for new drivers or learners

As a learner or new driver, picking a new car is incredibly exciting, whether you’re working to a strict budget or have all the money in the world. It’s very easy to get caught up in the minutiae of which engines and trim levels fall into insurance group one though – meaning you’ll forget what else is needed to make life in your first car easy.

Fortunately, we’ve got a list of 10 products that will make life that much better or safer for new drivers – and in some cases they’ll lower those all-important insurance premiums too. Click through the gallery below to see our picks.

Varta wind-up torch - £11.99

How many times have you been busy doing something in the dark and wished you had a torch? Those occurrences only become more frequent when you have a car – whether it’s to peer into the engine bay, to look for a dropped phone under the seats or to find something in an unlit carpark.

The obvious solution is to carry a torch in the car at all times. Of course there’s a chance the batteries will die at the worst possible moment, so we recommend a wind-up torch. This Varta torch costs just a £12 and is small enough to live in a glove compartment, plus it has positive reviews from buyers.