A court heard how Budge parked his car outside Ms Budge's home and attempted to speak to her when she returned to the property.
In response, Ms Budge's family said: "Scotland is in an epidemic with violence against women and the family was hopeful today that the punishment would reflect the crime.
William Budge, 62, was captured on camera striking Sandra Budge, 63, with his car just three weeks after she had ended their 33-year marriage.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said Ms Budge suffered a number of serious injuries in the incident outside her Edinburgh home in April last year.
Anger over sentence for 'barbaric individual' who drove over estranged wife twice An abusive husband who tried to kill his estranged wife by mowing her down with a car before U-turning and driving over her again has been jailed for seven years and four months.
