Next car advice - requirements combo

[Artsy]

Hey All,

Thought I'd post here as I'm sure there will be options I hadn't thought of.

I'm looking to get a second car due to relocating out of London.

I'd like something a little more powerful than the current car which is a 2010 prius as I've previously had an X3 with a 35D engine and I miss that kind of acceleration and effortlessness.

I don't expect to be doing high mileage annually while I do expect regular short trips so as much as I'd like a 35D engine again in some car I think it's probably not a good idea.

So, here is a list of criteria:

Price - up to £15k
Doors - 4 or 5 (family of 4 with two young children)
Boot side - close to 500 or more.
Gearbox - Auto or CVT
Fuel - Petrol or hybrid due to the above short trips comment
VED - cannot stomach £735 a year purely on principle! Ideally £350 or less
Engine size - not concerned about this or fuel consumption but see comment on VED above
BHP - a good amount please
Acceleration - a good number please
Reliability - would prefer good...
Mileage - would prefer below 70k

Based on the above, I'm drawing a bit of a blank. Cars I've considered that are petrol are the following (removing the price criteria for some of these)

BMW 435i gran coupe
BMW 335i GT
BMW 335i estate
Lexus GS450h (getting a bit old now but meant to still be super reliable)
Infiniti Q50S (bit of a rare one and not sure about meaintenance and dealers)
Golf R estate
Skoda VRS saloon or estate

I've also toyed with the idea of large Japanese saloons but anything interesting is always a grey import which I'm not too sure about. Still, some nice stuff with 3.5L V6 engines that doesn't get VED above £325.

Anything I'm missing from the above that may be a good call?

[Artsy]

Nice call in the S4.

What's the consensus compared to a BMW 35i in terms of reliability and costs?

[Artsy]

Thanks All

The CVT is mentioned only as I'm open to Lexus offerings that usually have this rather than torque converter