A late-model Pregio will do you good. We had a 1998 one. Mechanicals were very good, except for a too-small radiator that can be upgraded to a bigger one anyway.

The latter-model Pregios should be better built than their earlier brethren. Only the flimsy interior bits and problematic A/C are negatives on the car. The engine and automatic gearbox however never broke down on us.