People associate SUVs with big, bulky cars driven by big, bulky older men who show no consideration for other road users and think they have built-in right of way and don’t need to signal. Yes, I am falling for a stereotype here, but in fact my experience has often confirmed this.
For me, they are unnecessary and a clear case of successful manipulative marketing.
That describes me accurately, except that I have become a more relaxed slow driver. It would be too good if we could recognize people by such criteria. I actually see more the danger of many wolves in sheep’s clothing, because as is well known, simply having a fish sticker on the car no longer makes the driver a saint.
That would be too simplistic for me, I don’t drive a car unnecessarily, try to behave myself, but I like sitting higher up in the vehicle and with comfort, and I don’t care which category that falls into, because such a category says absolutely nothing about me or my behavior. I don’t like such people as Fikr named, but I have experienced them just as much in cool flip-flops as in tailored suits, and the prejudice that the super-rich are mostly stupid has actually been disproved in my experience.
I simply go by my wallet and my needs/wishes, and for the little money to drive an Ioniq5 was a so-called no-brainer (to use some of that modern stuff).
I, and this would also be my suggestion to you, will watch the platforms goleasy etc. carefully and especially more often during the day, and at some point a car will pop up for about €200/15,000 km with a very low leasing factor (currently 0.27 for me), such as a used Audi, Hyundai, Ford or whatever, and if it is actually a clearly great offer, I will jump right on it. As I said, recently the Ioniq6 including delivery and service (worth at least €2,000), so adjusted to €210, I would have taken it immediately. For a while the Enyaq was so cheap, then the Toyota, if you get fixed on one it gets rather expensive and I at least don’t do that, but I can understand if someone has preferences.
Ultimately, everyone can decide for themselves whether they speed across the zebra crossing with the Fiat500 or always stop obediently with the Hummer.
I like it comfortable and therefore a bit slower, driving characteristics and software are rather secondary for me, because I have had to drive all kinds of clunkers my whole life. A new car today is no longer a bad one.
To meet your requirements it certainly doesn’t take €300/month, the platform will show me that.