I look at most of the features that come on a "luxury" vehicle and ask myself... why would I want that?
The only features I TRULY want on a vehicle are heated seats, heated mirrors, and fog lights.
Unfortunately, I also prefer standard transmissions, which anymore means that vehicles so equipped are generally bottom of the line.
Subaru went that route a few years ago. You want a standard transmission? Nope, you can't get heated seats, heated mirrors, fog lights, an engine or doors.
REALLY annoying. My first Outback, a 1997 model, had heated seats, fog lights, and heated mirrors with a standard.
My second Outback had climate control, leather seats, heated seats and mirrors and fog ligths and a standard.
My first Forester, a 2012, was an automatic, but it was more baseline.
The 2015 Forester I got back in 2020 has a 6 speed manual, but by then you couldn't get any upgrades on it. If you wanted heated seats/mirrors, you had to go up to Subaru's soul-crushing mind numbing CVT transmission.
I paid $500 to get the dealership to add fog lights, but there was no way for them to add heated mirrors or heated seats because the wiring harness for the base model didn't support those connections.
I REALLY miss the heated mirrors. Heated seats are nice, but heated mirrors I really see as a necessity.
I hate to say it, but if I ever replace this Subaru, if they don't have a manual transmission model available I'll likely go to another manufacturer. And I've been a loyal Scooby person for the past 20 years.