I hate having larger cars too but until Tardis type cars become a reality larger cars is the only way to carry a fully assembled pavement scooter.
The fact that the scooter has to be loaded fully assembled sort of tells us something like “we can’t dismantle the scooter into it’s five component because of our disability.”
I’ve test driven a folding scooter and the idea of a folding scooter with smaller car is an area I’ve looked at but I have some reservation about them in the way that more moving parts, parts that carry our full body weight, doesn’t look to me to be very stabled or reliable with something that’s used every day and gets knocked about in its use bearing mind that these sorts of scooters are a lot more expensive and unlikely to have any suspension than standard pavement scooter so the likelihood of more money for a product that doesn’t last as long as a cheaper product.
Then again even a folding scooter you need full dexterity and balance to pull levers and sliders to get the scooter into an useable state and automatic folding scooters cost more than the AP would be on a Rolls Royce.?
Apart from getting a plumbers or electricians van a large MPV or SUV is the only way to go for me as thing stand at this moment in time.