I'd advise you to look at a Renault Espace 2.2dci, we've run them for many years & when my mother was alive my wife used to take her everywhere in it. The front seats swivel round which made it very easy for mother to get in & out of the car.
Ours ave always been used to tow caravns up & down to Cornwall several times a season & they handle the job very well indeed. They've all been 2.2dci manuals except the one we have now which is a 3.0dci automatic.
You can pick them up cheap nowadays too, I saw a 52 plate for sale in a small garage yesterday for £2200-00, had to be a bargain.
Lots of folk don't rate Renaults but, I seak as I find & ours have all been very good. The first two were 2nd generation RXE 2.0 petrols. Both suffered engine temperature sensors & one had a faulty fan sensor switch.
The next 2 were both 3rd generation, an RXE & a facelift Privelege 2.2dci. Both were very good with no major breakdowns apart from an air con condensor picking up a stone hole.
The one we have now is a Grand Espace Initialle 3.0dci, it's a cracking car, not worth a lot now though so it'll stay here until it runs no more. It pulls our van effortlessly & we ride in comfort so I see no reason to change it.
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Topic: What would you choose???
