My parents gave me my first car, a 90 chrysler new yorker, and i drove it into the ground. But then my brother turned 18, graduated high shcool, and they gave him an RX-8, what gives.
There are some seriously young drivers out there driving a lot more car than they need for their first one.

I can understand and live with parents giving their kids a beater, but to buy them brand new cars imo is just plain dumb.