Have a look at VW versions of the Skoda i.e T Rock Audi A1 25tfsi Nissan Juke Tekna/Tekna+ will have good levels of equipment Also look on Autotrader to see if there are any manual cars of what you want, they may be willing to let you have from stock, if your willing to travel a bit further out of your area.
Anything with a VW or Audi badge is unreasonably expensive in terms of AP at the moment given what you get as standard. For example, a Polo Match is £1,799 and doesn’t even come with front parking sensors, front fog lights, and floor mats as standard. I drove a Juke last time and I brought it back to the dealer as soon as I could turn around because it was so vague and horrid. I’ve even contacted dealers as far as Bolton to try and track down a Kamiq but none can be sourced and given to me that aren’t blue or black. I looked at the Kona 1.0 N Line again, but I cant test drive one because they’re so rare, they do have one in Exeter but it’s Vertu and they won’t let me test drive it because of my age.
Looks like I’ll be having another Clio now because everything is stupidly expensive now.