Peter1:
"Also, the driver's seat position / seat support is not as good as that of the VW Sharan with sport seats - in EV2 I'm always with my right knee touching the middle console which isn't comfortable on long distances. I put a kind of foam on the driver's side of the console with double sided tape (which can be removed without damage with some dry cleaning naphtha)"
Why don't you try a right hand drive EV2 ?

No problem with your right knee touching the console...
Seriously, auto box and cruise control were the answer to numerous hits with the left knee on the central console. Most painful is traffic jams in town...
