You currently drive a nissan almera tino but your wife doesn't like the look of an estate?!, you jest surely?. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but even so, the kindest thing i could say of the tino is that it looks, 'a little akward'!.
£6k is not a huge budget so i really think your priority should be getting a vehicle which is going to be reliable and fit your requirements.
Assuming it has to be an auto, i'd be looking to steer clear of anything with an automated dual or single clutch manual (which of covers pretty much all VAG products including the superb). This of course does not leave an awful lot of options, even if you were to consider an estate. The only thing i have seen which could fit the bill, and could be considered a safe bet reliability wise is the mazda 6. There are a few available on autotrader, the youngest of which are a couple of 2010 hatchbacks with around 70k miles, here is one
www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20171028073...1
You may also want to consider a toyota RAV4, though you'd be looking at something older and higher miles. They are very reliable though, so that shouldn't be a problem. Here is a 2009 81k example.
www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/20171015030...1
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