Please recommend an automatic for an elderly couple capable of carrying golf bags and electric trolleys?
Can you please recommend an economic automatic car, not van, to accommodate at least a husband of 82 and a wife of 77 with arthritis, two golf bags and two electric trolleys. We currently have one car each.
Asked on 27 October 2010 by JC, Farnham
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Nissan Note 1.6 automatic, KIA Venga 1.6 automatic or Hyundai ix20 1.6 automatic. Or, smaller, a Hyundai i10 1.2 automatic, Suzuki Splash 1.2 automatic or Vauxhall Agila 1.2 automatic.
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