Thanks to all for your very helpful information. The cars that have
been suggested to me most often are the VW Golf, Ford Focus, Ford
Escort, Honda Civic, Dodge Neon, Toyota Echo, Chrysler PT Cruiser,
Subaru Outback and Mazda Protege 5, including wagons. So I'll start
looking harder at these and move on to other models until have a short
list of vehicles that would be good for my needs.

Thanks again. I appreciate it. - RDG