Duggie your making me cry? Electronic hand brake plus Auto-Hold was a must on my short list last year and was told without doubt that the car I ordered had it but it turned out it didn’t, long story. It’s something I can get by without but it really is God sent in the VAG cars and my last car with EHB was a VW Golf and in the 4 years I drove that car I must of only ever touched the handbrake 10 times if that. Next time around I will just refuse the car if they pull that stroke again but to be honest I’m not 100% sure the dealer simply did not know that the MY19 model I should have had with EHB was dropped from KIA’s line up because of WLTP so I had a MY 18 model delivered instead that never ever had EHB but that’s another long story. I’ve got used to the old twentieth century handbrake technology again now but I still curse every now and again having no use of left hand and having to reach over to release that massive lever thing.
If you drive an automatic, you don’t really need a handbrake at all. Putting the lever in park will lock the transmission and you won’t be going anywhere.
I’ve driven auto’s pretty much exclusively for over 20 years and the only time I’ve ever used mine is when changing wheels or during an MOT.
Current car: Mini Countryman EV in very shiny black!
Previous car: MG HS Exclusive in nice shiny black.