Safety features are worth it. We have a newer Jeep GC with all the bells and whistles. The lane assist is fun-ish, but the auto cruise is what I use most. Not perfect, as it can brake incorrectly on certain curves, but it is better to stop when not needed than too late. Thankfully, the platform was well vetted, shared with many other vehicles, so nothing major newly untested. I was a bit reluctant, given my racing history, to believe I needed assistance, but I gave in to age...
But, we have a TJ Wrangler with nothing more than belts and bags, and is a manual, we have with door and top off for "fun" driving.
If Ford ever gets enough Mavericks so we can actually test one, we would likely trade the GC for the Maverick, to get the hybrid. The platform is shared with other models, so like our GC, it is relatively well tested.
We are a but limited in what we buy as it needs to be able to be flat towed behind our MH. And I do not like the latest and newest, I want something shared across models, and at least a year into their run.