Estate cars have all got a lot thicker around the C and D pillars since yours was built and this restricts rear visibility. The best vis I have experienced in a recent car was in a KIA Venga (a Hyundai ix20 is the same thing). I simply can't remember which autos had big brake pedals and which didn't. I don't have a problem with any, even when they are biased heavily to the right, like a manual with the clutch pedal removed.