Small(ish) Petrol Automatic - recommendations?

[sunbeam alpine]

My American niece is staying in the UK to help look after my aging mother. She has a US driving licence, so she can drive on that for up to a year.

I have added her as a named driver on a couple of the cars, but she's really having trouble with manual gearboxes and a third pedal, plus everything being on the "wrong" side.

I am thinking of buying her a car - she likes mum's Polo, and it would be perfect if it was an automatic - but it's a manual diesel.

I'm leaning toward petrol as she probably will do a lot of short distance driving.

Cost isn't the biggest consideration - I want her to have something reliable as I spend a lot of time out of the UK.

Any recommendations/things to avoid?

[Nickbrapp]

Polo with a DSG box

[henrycrun]

Can't help you, but there was a similar thread running last month

[DSLiverpool]

Zoe if she doesn’t go to far

[dmsims]

Yaris ?

[kieranblenk]

Suzuki Swift, Baleno or Splash, or Nissan Micra or Note are always my go to suggestion for these threads. Cheap, simple and reliable.

[Twig62]

Hyundai i10. An excellent small auto !

[robsa]

Pick up a BMW 316/320/325Ti with an auto gearbox for buttons, and they're great little cars which don't suffer from the rust the bigger 3 series did.

[FiF]

Mazda 2?

[Horsey McHorseface]

Budget?

[sunbeam alpine]

Horsey McHorseface said:

Budget?

I'd like to stay under 10k if possible

[ZX10R NIN]

I'd say the new Astra in SRI form pretty much ticks all the boxes plus it'll be easier to get in & out of.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Clio GT Line

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Kia Rio 3

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

208 GT Line

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...