We seem to feel every road imperfection that our 3-year-old automatic Astra traverses on the short journeys we mostly make. The Citroen C5 we had previously was better, but like driving a battleship. A Nissan Juke provided recently as a courtesy car was certainly better than the Astra in cushioning us from our awful roads, but the absence of a spare tyre, and awkward entry to the rear seats, was a bit off-putting. There is also a delivery delay. As we do not have many car dealers locally (other than Nissan) it would be very helpful if you could point us to a smallish automatic which might have decent springing more suitable for elderly frames on these ghastly roads, so that we could investigate further.