Another find me a car thread but with a few twists..

To set the scene...I have a 2012 Kia Venga Auto. Its a great car, especially for my wife who has restricted hip movement but ridiculously thirsty around town (ie: 23mpg is a common score for us)

Daughter is returning to driving shortly (epilepsy break courtesy of DVLA - and quite a sensible rule)

She does like the Venga but feels the 23mpg around town(which will be most of her miles) will be difficult to live with.

She wants an auto, as reliable as possible(don't we all!), hatchback / MPV, Venga / ix20 sized, 30mpg around town would be nice, lowish insurance group, petrol due to usage, not red. Absolute max is £5K

I've had a look around bearing in mind I'm a regular lurker / occasional poster on here and some options seem to be:-

Honda Jazz CVT (or is iShift acceptable in the automated manual basket?).

Also whats the deal with Honda DSi (dual spark plug) thing? Is it just more to go wrong?

Honda Civic CVT (or iShift?)

Suzuki SX4 - Torque Converter (T/C) - although tax is quite high at £280 on the autos

Suzuki Swift - T/C from what I can find

Kia Rio / i20 - T/C

Yaris CVT / Verso CVT - not MMT version

Mazda 2 - T/C

Maybe a Meriva / Astra but not with the Easytronic box -I believe if it isn't Easytronic it is T/C?

A Fiesta / Focus / Fusion pre Powershift when they used T/C boxes

I think a Nissan Note had a T/C box before it got the self destruct CVT from around 2011?

or something else I haven't thought of yet??

As you can see I'm trying to keep away from automated manuals / DCT and the Nissan notorious CVT but is that a good path to be following? Also as budget is £5K, age isn't as important as condition (although younger is normally nicer)

My research more and more makes me think I should do a website that allows folks to say they only want a T/C car or CVT car etc and be able to choose from a list of models. At present its hard enough to find what type of auto, never mind what car they are in.

Anyway, if anyone has any other suggestions around a suitable auto or wishes to correct what I've found so far, all advice greatly received.