Class B - automatic & manual

Manual and automatic included – but the most demanding and costly route

Class B

Ready to Get Started? Here's What You Need

  • Start of training Minimum age 17,5 years -> issue of driving licence Minimum age 18 years
     
  • Start of training Minimum age 16.5 years -> Issue of driving licence Minimum age 17 years with BF17 accompanied driving
     
  • Application driving license
     
  • Theoretical training
     
  • Theoretical exam
     
  • Individual number of training lessons in the city in a manual car until you are ready for your exam – no legally required minimum.
     
  • 6 driving appointments (90 min. each) special lessons – motorway, country road, dusk in a manual car.
     
  • Practical exam (55 min.) in a manual car

Larger trailers – upgrading to Class BE

Do you hold a Class B197 licence and are thinking about upgrading to Class BE (large trailers)?

Then make sure to read the important information about upgrading to Class BE.

Class BE

The cars you'll drive

For your safety and enjoyment during training, you will drive top-equipped vehicles of the latest models.

Our BMW 116 vehicles offer all available driver assistance systems*. These may also be used during the exam.

Professional maintenance and cleanliness of our vehicles is a matter of course.

Under Locations you can find the training vehicles available at each site.

 

These are the cars you are allowed to drive with your licence:

  • Up to 3,500 kg permissible total weight with automatic or manual transmission
     
  • Also with a trailer up to a maximum permissible total weight of 750 kg
     
  • Or with a trailer over 750 kg permissible total weight, provided the total permissible weight of towing vehicle and trailer does not exceed 3,500 kg

     

For larger trailers, we recommend additional driver training for class B with key number 96 (without exam) or class BE.

 

* Adaptive Cruise Control, Emergency Braking Assistant, Lane Keeping Assistant with Steering Intervention, Active Lane Keeping Assistant, Lane Change Assistant, Blind Spot Assistant, Lane Change Assistant with Steering Intervention, Active Parking Assistant, Rearview Camera, Traffic Sign Recognition

How Many Theory Lessons Do You Need?

Number required if you have not previously held a driving licence class:

  • 12 theory units (90 min. each) Basic knowledge
     
  • 2 theory units (90 min. each) Class B

 

Number required if you have previously held a driving licence class:

  • 6 theory units (90 minutes each) Basic knowledge
     
  • 2 theory units (90 minutes each) class B
Theoretical lessons

What to expect in your driving lessons

Practical training

Driving lessons drive easy simulator

For even more efficient training, you should also practise all modules on our drive easy simulator.

drive easy simulator

Training lesson

  • In the training lessons, you train the basic driving tasks (parking, emergency braking, reversing) and driving within the city.
     
  • The number of training lessons is not specified in the learner driver training regulations and is therefore carried out individually depending on the learner driver's level of ability.
     
  • The number of training lessons expected in order to pass the exam cannot be precisely predicted at the start of training.
     
  • Without prior knowledge, the average is approx. 11 - 16 driving appointments (90 minutes each).
     
  • Provided that all 5 modules on the drive easy simulator have been completed beforehand and the tips “Reduce the number of practice drives” under Practical training have been followed.
     
  • However, depending on your level of ability, you may need fewer or more training lessons.

Special lesson

In the 6 driving appointments special lessons (90 minutes each), you only train to drive outside the city.

The special lessons are also known as statutory compulsory lessons.

  • 5 driving lessons (45 minutes each) overland driving
     
  • 4 driving lessons (45 minutes each) motorway driving
     
  • 3 driving lessons (45 minutes each) twilight driving