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Looking for a wheelchair-friendly small car with a hoist - any suggestions?

We need to replace our Honda Insight Motability car with something which has the capacity to transport a wheelchair 1150mm long, 710mm wide and 650mm high. We would need a hoist fitted to lift the wheelchair. It should feature automatic transmission and be as fuel efficient as possible. Do you have any ideas please?

Asked on 27 October 2012 by CR, Freshwater East, Pembroke

Answered by Honest John

Brotherwoods now does a drive-in ramp conversion of the VW Caddy Maxi Life, which is a big vehicle available with a diesel engine and DSG automatic transmission: www.brotherwood.com/default/

Tags: efficiency automatics disabled access wheelchair

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