What do you (people outside the UK) pay in terms of car insurance for a first time driver? Here (england) we basically get clusterfucked by the insurance companies until we've been driving for a good few years. Someone i know ended up paying £3600 ($5700) for a years comprehensive insurance on a Vauxhall corsa 1.2, a tiny engined 3 door hatchback that was almost 10 years old.