Thank you, Glos Guy, more food for thought. I just feel so confused and as it’s such a big decision financially, I’m feeling incredibly overwhelmed and anxious about it. The fact that the vehicle is a Hybrid and a 3008 will probably mean it will hold its value well which will obviously only make it more expensive for us to buy. I’m wondering if we ought to stop for something a bit cheaper…
As an unrelated sidenote, you need off-street parking for a PHEV (rather, for the charging point, you’re legally liable if you granny charge at the kerb and someone flops over the cable), so if you don’t have that (i assume you do, just pointing it out), a PHEV is pointless already anyway.
That said: a Quashqai would probably make more sense if this is the route you want to be taking, or maybe a Hyundai Tucson, both of which, i’d argue as a layman, will lose more value over the three years than the 3008. Again hard to tell since they’re all new models, but that’d be my guess (purely by not being PHEV already).
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.