Also I forgot to say my annual mileage is very low under 2000 and she takes lots of short trips

Mark 3 yaris more roomier than the mark 2

Mark 3 yaris more roomier than the mark 2

But it lost the slidey back seat.

The slidey back seat is one of the greatest ideas that has never been widely adopted.

We have had one in 3 cars (all Nissans - 2 Micras and a Note) and we used it with surprising frequency. On smaller cars its probably more useful than larger ones to be honest, don't think it would get much use in the Superb.

During our last but one car search (when we bought the 2nd Superb) we looked at the BMW 220 Active Tourer and that also had one.

I came across them in the first incarnation of the Twingo. I loved the concept and would've willingly bought one (despite my loathing of French cars) if they'd done a RHD version. I could even had tolerated those barn sized doors.

I used to have a 1985 honda civic 1.3 gm it had a slidey seat as well was useful if u needed more luggage space... incidentally the dash was all rover 213 also the engine a 12 valve mine had a kn filter fitted.

I miss the little car c992cuu gone to car heaven

Hondas with magic seats offer a lot of flexibility. A Jazz is in the same general size class as the Yaris but the magic seats give more useable space. With one part of the rear seat occupied by a child you can flip up the other seat base to provide a beagle sized space in the footwell. The door sill is also much lower than the boot if the dog finds getting into the boot a struggle.

Older Civics (not the last two models) offer the same magic seat facility in a bigger car.

Had both hondas the jazz and the civic 2.2 59 plate both with magic seats, the jazz and the civic the fuel tank was moved to the front passenger seat both had flat loading space