I test drove the ioniq 5 when it came out and its problem, to me, wasn't even that it's a stupid tall hatchback (barely a crossover even). It's that the suspension setup makes it both uncomfortable AND unsporty. No idea if they changed it in later models, but they wouldn't have fundamentally changed the entire setup anyway, only fine-tuning.

When the test drive was over, I sat back into my W211 and that was much more comfortable. Way slower and sluggish, but it was smoother on rough roads, and yet I actually felt where the grip was when going into a corner fast. That car was manufactured in 2003, the Ioniq 5 was a 2020 or 2021 model.

I ended up getting a lightly used W205 C-Class instead, staying with diesel. It was half the price of a brand new Ioniq 5 (since those weren't available used)

But I'm not trying to tell you to buy an ICE vehicle like I did back then, I'm just saying that a lightly used executive car that still has warranty is going to be significantly nicer to drive than a brand new budget car. At the end of the day, you're looking at EVs, battery warranty is 8 years anyway. Get a 2-3 year old one, sell it when the warranty is starting to end (degradation isn't a real issue anymore, but sudden battery cell death can still be).