London, Jan 15 - Singer Niall Horan bought himself a 70,000-pound car after passing his driving test.

The One Direction singer passed his test Jan 8 and purchased his first vehicle, a luxury Range Rover, reports thesun. co. uk.

Horan passed the test in Essex after taking an intensive 25-hour course.

"He stopped to speak with fans and signed lots of autographs during his lessons... Even with all of that, his instructor was still overheard saying he had never had a pupil so focused on passing his test," a source said. (IANS)