Slightly left field - what about a Skoda Octavia VRS estate? 245 bhp, 4 wheel drive, VW group build quality, nobody looks twice, and on the Skoda website (can’t make link work) is a 2020 car in black for £32k..
Some folk here might sneer at the Skoda badge but after a string of unfulfilling and occasionally unreliable German and British “prestige” cars, my Skoda Superb estate is one of the best cars I’ve ever owned!
(I would have suggested a Superb with the 280 bhp engine but they are a physically big car, nearer to E class size than C class/3 series)..
Take a look....go on.....you know you want to
