We have gone plug in hybrid, and despite what the naysayers say, love it - have a BMW 225xe. Big enough but not huge, can do local ish trips fully electric (when not practical to cycle) so we are limiting our contributions to London's air but the petrol engine is smallish and fuel economy ok (not as good as some for long drives though). Second hand value now can't be far off your budget I'd guess, based on what we paid nearly 4 years ago for a 1yr old one?
Makes me sad about possible resale value on ours! To be fair it wasn't ridiculous when we bought it (c. 1yr old back then).
Feels like you get quite good spec for the money and it was a nice balance between being fun enough to drive but also practical / not an environmental bin fire
We have gone plug in hybrid, and despite what the naysayers say, love it - have a BMW 225xe. Big enough but not huge, can do local ish trips fully electric (when not practical to cycle) so we are limiting our contributions to London's air but the petrol engine is smallish and fuel economy ok (not as good as some for long drives though). Second hand value now can't be far off your budget I'd guess, based on what we paid nearly 4 years ago for a 1yr old one?