The colour looks great! Yeah thinking about the Ultimate with cream interior, current X1 is Storm Bay, with cream interior as well :). Although the missus says she likes the white exterior colour… Yes, I think I will go for the phev, most driving is local, maybe once a month to London about 40 miles one way.
By the sounds of your journey types are more suted to PHEV, than perhaps mine are and with a 80mile round trip once a month at most you should see a bigger saving in fuel than I do, if you keep it charged.