What do women want from cars?

My wife's dear friend was in trouble. Her marriage had broken down. Her husband needed the family car so she urgently had to buy one of her own. She asked my advice – stressing that she was hard up and that it was vital that the car she chose must be reliable and cheap to run.

I suggested she should check out the websites of Honest John, What Car? and Warranty Direct, and draw up a shortlist of the three models that most