I get dreadful cramp in my feet and I find that a car where I can be more on top of the pedals is better, as it means I have to bend my foot up/down less.
We currently have our 2nd Mercedes A Class (the older style).
My previous comfortable cars have been a Landrover Defender and a VW beetle. Neither of which is practical in a town with two DCs.
DH says the car's getting old, the boot is small, it needs its MOT etc. etc. all the usual excuses by the car-obsessed to get a new car.
I'd happily stick with this one but at some point we'll need a new one I imagine.
We usually buy low mileage used cars, and the A class switched to a new shape/arrangement just after we got ours so we can't get another one which is new enough.
I am also quite short and not very strong and the handbrake needs a blokey angle of pulling and a blokey strength to pull it so something that avoids that would be good too.