Insurance group 34: what it means & typical cost

What does group 34 mean?

Larger, faster or more expensive-to-repair cars — bigger SUVs, performance hatches and executive saloons — land in this band. Ratings on this 1–50 scale come from the Group Rating Panel — run jointly by Thatcham Research and the ABI — so group 34 means the same thing whichever car carries it, whether it's a compact hatchback or a performance model. Read our insurance groups explained guide for how the panel scores every car.

Groups 32–36 sit closest to it in cost, so they're worth comparing if you're weighing up a slightly cheaper or slightly pricier trim.

How much is insurance group 34?

On our published methodology, the insurance group 34 average cost is about £930 a year for a driver aged 30–49 in a medium-risk postcode on comprehensive cover, with most quotes falling between £745 and £1,165. That is the insurance group 34 cost before any no-claims discount is applied, so a settled driver with several claim-free years should expect to pay less than the midpoint. Age changes the picture completely: the same car gives a group 34 insurance cost of roughly £2,510 for a 17–20-year-old.

So is group 34 insurance expensive? Measured against the rest of the scale, yes, by most standards. This is the expensive half of the scale, where bigger, faster and harder-to-repair cars sit. For context, our estimates put group 1 at around £220 a year and group 50 at around £1,275 on the same assumptions, which places group 34 in the high band. The insurance group 34 price you are actually quoted will also move with your postcode, mileage, claims history and excess — the group sets the car-side base rate, not the final figure.

You will often see this written with a letter on dealer listings and quotes, as group 34E. The insurance group 34E cost is identical to plain group 34: the letter identifies which derivative was rated, not a separate price band. However you phrase it — an insurance group 34E average cost, an insurance group 34E price, or a 34E insurance group cost — you are asking about the same figure above.

Prefer to run the numbers on your own circumstances? The car insurance group 34E cost calculator on our pricing page lets you change the age band, postcode risk and cover type rather than accepting our midpoint. One thing we cannot give you is a car insurance quote for group 34E itself — no one can, because a quote prices the driver as well as the car, and the group is only the vehicle half of it.

The estimator sits on our group-by-group pricing page, and the insurance group prices table shows all fifty groups side by side. For the factors that sit outside the car entirely, see what affects car insurance price.

Example cars in insurance group 34

These models from our dataset typically fall in or around group 34 — trim and engine choice can move a specific car up or down within its range, so always check the variant table on each model's own page:

• Ford Ranger — typically groups 29–41
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class — typically groups 19–35
• Nissan Navara — typically groups 30–41
• Toyota GR Yaris — typically groups 32–38
• BMW X3 — typically groups 21–35
• Subaru BRZ — typically groups 28–34
• Land Rover Discovery Sport — typically groups 26–37
• Volkswagen Golf — typically groups 10–37
• BMW 3 Series — typically groups 22–43
• Audi A4 — typically groups 24–43
• Audi Q3 — typically groups 20–42
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class — typically groups 28–46
• Mercedes-Benz GLA — typically groups 25–46
• Mercedes-Benz CLA — typically groups 26–45
• BMW 1 Series — typically groups 18–36
• BMW X1 — typically groups 21–36
• Land Rover Range Rover Evoque — typically groups 25–36
• Mini Countryman — typically groups 18–35
• Mini Clubman — typically groups 17–35
• Volkswagen ID.4 — typically groups 21–34
• Polestar 2 — typically groups 32–44

Why some group 34 cars show a letter, like 34E

You may see group 34 written with a letter suffix, such as 34E or 34D — the letter flags a specific trim or derivative, not a different cost scale. See our insurance group letters explained guide for what that means in practice.