Just trying to do my calculations here, in respect of as soon as you drive off the forcourt you can kiss goodbye to the VAT payed anyway. so it hasn’t seen much dpreciation on the used one. If your still VAT registered, which I’m no longer unfortunately, I agree with your thoughts. If your still trading soley in the UK an estate might be a good investment if you didn’t fancy van.
There an EV mobile tech on Youtube who uses a fleet of MG5’s and decks the rear out as a mobile workstation!