my grandparents got themselves a golf plus sits taller, really easy to get in and out of, but as for the inside, can;t say i've been in it so can't comment.
anything along those lines would work, maybe a ford Smax or C max, my wifes grandfather bought one for his sick wife to make it easy to get her to hospital, made life alot easier.
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