Manage to get round the bend in a car (5)
I believe the answer is:
coupe
'a car' is the definition.
(coupe is a kind of car)
'manage to get round the bend' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'cope' (manage can mean to cope or do well).
'to get round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'cope' placed around 'u' is 'COUPE'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for coupe that I've seen before include "Car; dessert glass" , "Type of car; dish" , "Two-door car" , "Car with two front seats and a luggage compartment" , "Dessert dish" .)