Need advice: Which car with auto park & ADAS for my wife

I want ADAS features especially auto parking as my wife is very poor in parking skills.

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I am planning to buy a new car, preferably a SUV.

• I want ADAS features especially auto parking as my wife is very poor in parking skills. Also auto emergency braking, rear cross traffic warning etc.

• It could be a sedan or SUV.

• Long drives (500 kms and above) will be frequent, so driving comfort is important.

Need your suggestions on existing and upcoming models.

Thanks in advance.

Here’s what GTO had to say on the matter:

Would suggest investing more time & money with a driving school, then a beater car and improving her parking skills. It’s very important to know how to park properly, especially in a country with congested cities like India.

You can still buy a car with auto-parking. But the ability to park without that assistance is crucial. What is your maximum budget?

Until she learns how to park, she can visit places with valet parking. All big malls & restaurants offer valet parking. Use a driver service like Drive-U at other times. Also check out these threads where members have installed auto-parking in their cars:

1. Self-Park in Jetta

2. Park Assist in Yeti

Here’s what BHPian Kosfactor had to say on the matter:

I would recommend some driving classes , perhaps retaining the existing older vehicle for practice for a few months and then buy a new vehicle.

All these systems you are talking about are to assist the driver from a comfort perspective and not to augment their skills – which one needs to learn and practice.

Here’s what BHPian DicKy had to say on the matter:

Not going to be much help, but cars with auto parking, atleast pre 2020 models, really need a proper parking space to be able to park which means a good number of parking spots in India would be unreadable for the systems.

Better solution would be to take lessons from a good driving school especially ones with instructors who had experience abroad as driving instructor or even good driving instructors who would teach to take care of the vehicle’s extremities.

High time that parallel parking be made compulsory as part of driving test in our country.

Here’s what BHPian condor had to say on the matter:

Practice, practice, practice. No substitute for practice. Once she gets this right, it will even help her feel confident when driving. Auto-parking will mean high end cars, and even then our conditions are so chaotic that even that may not work.

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