Its interesting that all recent cars have an emergency phone installed. Mine is under a small flap near the mirror so press a button in emergency and you have a response from a call centre. I often get messages that the internet has failed when driving around the lanes. These SOS calls were required on all new cars about 5 years ago.
If you want reliability from a small car without repair bills, Honda Jazz. The perfect 1300 petrol car with loads of legroom and luggage space coupled with very low noise. Worth looking at