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The multimode auto is an automated manual, and are never something anyone on this forum would recommend you buy, at least not 2nd hand. I would suggest you do not buy.
If you must have an auto, look for something with a torque converter auto. Not sure what your budget is, but cars of that size and around that age with a T/C auto would include the Ford Focus, Mazda 3, Kia Cee'd, Hyundai i30. Honda also dabbled with an automated manual which was available on the Civic (the i-shift), this should also be avoided. Cars from 2010 onwards had gone back to a T/C auto, which would be absolutely fine reliability wise. In the case of the Honda, the T/C auto cars have a standard looking gear selector whereas the i-shift cars have what looks like a normal gearstick which moves around a circular 'gate', which looks like this,
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