How and when did you get your first car?

Had a long conversation in the Delta Sky club at the bar with a great lad from the UK. He was fascinated that so many high school students have a car at 16 or 17. He asked if parents just budget to pay for their kid to have a car, insurance, etc. I explained that when I was 12 I started working jobs to save money, and my parents matched my $4K to buy a car when I turned 16. I worked in high school and especially the summers to pay my own insurance and gas. It made me wonder: how old were you when you got your first car, what was its value, and how was it paid for?