The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has updatedits 2014 list of recommended used vehicles for teens, andthe 2015 list has grown by more than 50% — eventhough the price and safety criteria haven't changed.

The first list of recommended used vehicles for teens wascompiled after IIHS found that the majority of parents who bought avehicle for their teens bought a used one. The survey also foundthat the budgets for teens' vehicles were limited: the meanpurchase price was $9,800, while the median was $5,300.

The “best” vehicles on IIHS' list are priced under $20,000 andhave good ratings in the Institute's four oldest crashworthinesstests: moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and headrestraint tests. If rated by the National Highway Traffic SafetyAdministration, vehicles must earn 4 or 5 stars overall or 4 or 5stars in the front and side tests under the old rating scheme.

New to this year's list are pickup trucks, which weren'tincluded last year because those that met IIHS' safety criteriaexceeded the $20,000 price limit. This year, several made thecut.

When selecting a vehicle for teen drivers, IIHS makes thefollowing recommendations to take into consideration:

• High horsepower should beavoided. The temptation to test the limits of a powerfulengine is too hard for many teens to resist. Vehicles that onlycome with big engines have been left off the lists, but manyrecommended models have high-horsepower versions that should beavoided. The base engines of all the listed vehicles have adequatepower for teens.
• Bigger, heavier vehicles aresafer. Consumers won't find minicars or small cars amongthe best choices or the good choices. (Small SUVs, which weighabout the same as midsize cars, are OK.)
• Electronic stability control is amust. This technology, mandatory since the 2012 modelyear, helps a driver maintain control on curves and slippery roads.It's a proven lifesaver, cutting single-vehicle fatal crash risknearly in half. All listed vehicles have the feature standard.

Click “next” to see IIHS' selections for the best used vehiclesfor teens in the categories of Large Car, Midsize Car,Small SUVs, Midsize SUVs, Large SUVs, Minivans andPickups.

See the full list of best cars, and the separate listof “good” vehicle recommendations, from IIHS.

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Best Large Car: Volvo S80 (model year 2007 andnewer)

Price: $5,800

Best Midsize Car: Volkaswagen Jetta sedan andwagon (2009 and newer)

Price: $5,600

Best Small SUV: HondaElement (2007-2011)

Price: $6,700

Best Midsize SUV: Volvo XC90 (2005 andnewer)

Price: $4,600

Best Large SUV: Chevrolet Traverse (2011 andnewer)

Price: $13,500

Best Minivan: Dodge Grand Caravan (2012 andnewer)

Price: $11,600

Best Pickups: Toyota Tundra crew cab/double cab(2007 and newer)

Price: $12,200