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Quick email to ask your opinion on what would be the best automatic cars for my mother to buy? She has just retired and has very bad arthritis so doing things like changing gear all the time is getting harder for her and was wondering if you could draw up a list of automatic cars that you would recommend her to have a look at.
She’s looking for a small car nothing big,

Asked on 27 February 2010 by R.L., via e-mail

Answered by Honest John
Nissan Micra auto, Nissan Note auto, Suzuki Splash auto, Vauxhall Agila auto, KIA Venga auto, Hyundai i10 1.2 auto excellent but hard to get. The Suzuki Swift 1.5 auto remains an excellent choice. One of our cars with the same drivetrain has done 130,000 kilometres, no trouble.

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