What sort of driving instructors do you have in the US if they don't teach properly how to drive a car ? Being a woman myself, I know that some women are s*** drivers, but then again, I've seen some awfully bad man drivers as well so
(no offense guys!) Small suggestion, if I may, why don't you teach her how to handle this kind of car first and make her feel confident about driving the 'beast' and then see if she even wants to drive it alone ?
One sure thing is, as soon as we get ours, we won't let anyone who doesn't know how to drive (according to our standards) touch our car ! It may only be a car, but it's also a lot of money to throw out of the window if something goes wrong...