As a parent the one responsibility you will take ownership of is your child driving a European car. BMW and MB are “almost” always more to repair than a Taurus or a Camry. You will have to promise yourself to occasionally drive, examine and inspect the vehicle to shore up any problems that may be happening. My kids as maybe most lacked depth in knowing when something is going wrong with a car, funny sound, smell, action as they have little driving experience and nothing to relate back to. All my children (now adults) had MB’s or BMW’s as teen cars. I had three teens driving at one time
, so there is some experience talking. I personaly like an older car for a teen driver as it will force them to have some mechnical skills or at the short end to try and figure out some minor glitches.