Can you recommend an automatic petrol 5-door car for my wife?

My wife needs to change her car for an automatic. She has arthritis in her left knee and is finding it difficult to drive in stop-start traffic. The sort of spec would be: Polo or Fiesta-sized, 5-door, 1.4 to 1.6-litre engine, petrol and priced at up to £15,000. Ideally a good low mileage used car would suit but there do not seem to be a lot of automatics around. Do you have any recommendations?

Asked on 3 April 2011 by DC, Knutsford

Answered by Honest John

Mazda 2 1.5 Activematic. Test here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/mazda/mazda-2-auto/

I can also recommended the more spacious, more comfortable and more practical Honda Jazz 1.4 CVT-7, but it isn’t as much fun to drive.

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