all I want is an automatic with parking assist a comfy seat and no dead cows

[Oliversmumsarmy]

I don't normally buy brand new cars but dp says he wants one and at the moment anything dp wants I will move heaven and earth to get him.

I went to the first dealership with excitement and sat in the first car, then the second then the third and with my excitement evaporating I sat in the fourth and fifth.

I have sat on piles of bricks that have been more comfortable. I made the mistake of sitting in an Audi for a few minutes and when I struggled out, my back which had been twinge free for a month was starting to scream at me. I have been to Vauxhall, Audi, Ford, Mazda, BMW, VW Citroen (nice seats in the small 2 door cars but not the same ones in the 4 or 5 door) and Renault where we sat in the Dacia Duster, lovely comfy seats but no park assist and no automatic. The kadajah was great if they would get away from the leather which surrounded the perfectly comfortable cloth seats in what felt like bricks that stuck in my back.. We found the most comfortable seats here, but if you wanted an automatic and parking assist then the steering wheel got covered in dead cow.

I got back in our wonderful cloth seated ancient Scenic and relaxed into the upholstery. Note to manufacturers upholstery is supposed to be soft not resemble the feel of brickwork.

can anyone recommend a car I am losing hope.

Mazda CX5 we drove had fabric seats in the basic model, has front & rear parking sensors in this package but not the parking camera.

Another vote for Mercedes.

Is your objection to dead cow related to ethics or you don't like the feel as Mercedes A class are not real leather.

I am vegan. Went to Mercedes and really loved one of them but was told they only do all leather interiors. I will go back in the morning and talk to them to check the sales person I talked to had got it right.

looked at volvo with my dd who is very tall and she couldn't actually sit in the back in some models without tilting her head.

tools.mercedes-benz.co.uk/current/passenger-cars/e-brochures/new-generation-a-class.pdf

They call it Artico leather & its man made.

We have a Mondeo (2015 model) titanium with added park assist and cloth seats. I am not sure if the steering wheel is leather or not to be honest.
We bought it six months old but think the parking assist was an add on.
It is very comfortable both for me at 5'5" and DH at 6'4".

I wouldn't buy a Renault with an auto box anyway! Do check carefully whether seats are leather or leather effect.

I have a year old Golf. I have driven 15000 miles in it very comfortably. It has no leather. Automatic parking was an option, although I don't have it.

Golf good supportive cloth seats. But the best seats are always Volvo for some reason. And most of their leather is not actually leather, it is man made...