If you’re struggling with the clutch and gears in a manual car, then automatic could be the perfect choice for you. No clutch, no gears, more time to concentrate on what’s going on outside the vehicle rather than inside it. It will also mean fewer lessons which negates the slightly higher lesson price.

It does mean that when you pass your driving test you can only drive automatic vehicles, but I believe that this is the way the motor industry is going. All hybrid/electric cars are automatic, and as we know they are the future. It used to be that automatic vehicles were more expensive to buy and run, but that is no longer the case, yes there may be fewer to choose from but that is changing and some automatics are now cheeper to run than their manual counterpart.