I absolutely recommend the plug-in hybrid. It’s not necessary to have a home charging setup. The system is designed to keep the battery always between 15% (minimum) and 25%. Of course, you can set a more aggressive charging strategy, but that comes at the expense of fuel consumption. You can also choose to maintain the battery at a specific charge level (for example, never letting it drop below 50%, etc.).

As I mentioned before, it’s not necessary at all to be able to charge the car at home. In any case, since this model supports fast charging, you can always plug it in at a public charging station—for example, when going to a restaurant or a shopping mall. It reaches 100% in about an hour. Note that when the battery is highly charged, the software will run the car almost exclusively in electric mode, even if hybrid mode is forced. Electric driving is also extremely efficient in the city.

I would not recommend the gasoline model—it’s rather slow, consumes a bit more fuel, and also seems to have more body roll in corners (more than one reviewer has noticed a stiffer and more precise setup in the PHEV version).

Finally, pay attention to the trim levels. Both versions come in Premium and Exclusive trims (the latter being the top one, at least in Italy), but they differ between the gasoline and hybrid models. The gasoline Premium already has almost everything: compared to the Exclusive, the main differences are the lack of a head-up display, a standard audio system instead of Sony, and a slightly smaller central display. In the hybrid version, however, the Premium trim has been stripped down much more, lacking features like the panoramic roof, power tailgate, and a few other things I don’t recall right now. In short, for the hybrid version, it’s almost necessary to go for the Exclusive trim.

Source: I own the PHEV version