Small car with electric parking brake

[PomBstard]

PBJnr2 is about to start driving but as she was born missing her lower left arm, will find a regular handbrake too hard day-to-day.

I’m looking for a small’ish car - think Focus/Mazda3 or thereabouts - and need to know how old my options might be.

I know a Mazda3 has an e-brake from 2018 and a Corolla from about 2020, so these fall a little out of my budget.

Would prefer not to have anything from VAG/Renault/Peugeot/FIAT - cost of parts and insurance for many Euro cars is expensive here. Japanese or Korean pref.

Budget would probably confuse as the market here is different to the UK - I just need suggestions to get my search going, thanks.

[RizzoTheRat]

Newer model Jazz (post 2020?) has an electric handbrake. Sadly most British teens would rather walk than drive what's seen here as a pensioners car, which is a shame as they're a great car with a much better image in many other countries.

[ZX10R NIN]

Mercedes A Class/Infiniti Q30 they're the right size & plentiful in the used market.

[targarama]

Yaris from 2020 on has one. I assume she will get an auto, and the hybrids are all autos.

[snuffy]

I have a Renault Clio and that has an electronic handbrake ( a 2022 car ).

It works in two waya: it applies it when you turn the engine off, and when you start the car, as you move, it will release. And then when driving, if you come to a stop, dab the brake pedal and it applies a holding brake.

Im sure this is how anything moden works now, but when I bought the car last year, it was all new to me!

[PomBstard]

Thanks for the pointers - looked at a Jazz for PBJnr3 a couple of years ago too - liked it!

Have also found that the Focus from about 2018 onwards has an e-brake and the gear selector is a twisty thing rather than a stick which might work better