It depends slightly on what country you're going to. You might not normally consider a Renault, but they are cheap and easy to fix in France or Spain. The same is true (strangely) of Fiats in Turkey.
The OP hasn't said, but I was actually thinking Turkey might be the destination. Because my pal's brother has lived there for a couple of years and there seems to be some weird rules for non Turkish citizens. AFAIK he can't buy a car there because he doesn't have Turkish citizenship. But also, the camper van he drove there from the UK in, can only stay in Turkey for a certain period of time. He can apparently get round this by driving it back across the border to Greece (or Bulgaria presumably) then return, which seems a bit odd!?.
But as to the OP's conundrum, I'd agree with looking at which cars are most common in whichever country it is. If the OP is going to be doing long road trips, that presumably means going to or through some remote areas, where something like the aforementioned 4x4 DSG Octavia might be a complete mystery to a rural mechanic should something go wrong.
Re lhd or rhd, surely lhd would be the best choice in a country which drives on the right?. So is it not feasible to buy a car there, could you not buy something in a neighbouring country like (assuming it is Turkey) Greece?
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