After reading all the responses, I have to return to the first.
I am not sure how much you are looking at spending, but SHE should buy her OWN vehicle, and insure it.
The lesson learned is: ‘It doesn’t matter what I drive (crash) Mom will just go out and buy another one for me.’
When she has to actually BUY her own car, and pay the insurance she WILL become more cautious, and protective of HER investment. One of the atypical teenage driving scenarios is the kid will ‘borrow’ the family car and next week Dad has to go put new tires on it. For some reason the rubber keeps getting burned off after the kid has taken the car. BUT, once the kid buys his own car, and has to maintain it, suddenly the kids tires last forever!!! nothing like learning from the pocketbook.
By the way, I DON’T agree with buying a pickup truck at all. They are terrible on highway panic stops, have a higher rollover rate and as noted have relatively poor crash test results.
I recommend whatever your daughter can afford. That is the litmus test you should be concerned with. What it is, is pretty irrelevant at this point.