With the new thing not having earned the title of nicest, is this a sign of regret?
Not at all. Nice try.
There's a big difference between "nicest" and "best." I am 100% satisfied with my '22 110... at this rate, I may well not trade it for a Grenadier, as sitting behind the wheel it does everything I ask of it, some of which is better than the 200-Series LC. This includes ground clearance (LC running boards get hung up on the rocks, don't 'ya know); towing (beyond weight, the '22 computers are way more attuned to sudden steering inputs than the '11 was); comfort (cooling seats and heated steering wheel are pretty swell), lighting, and acceleration (giddy up!) among other attributes. I have yet to do anything but oil changes in 20k miles on the 110... even the LC went in more often than that. The '22 110 is overall the best SUV I've owned.
What is better about the LC than the 77 (+/-) other cars I've owned, you ask? Again, the build quality. Plastic isn't where metal should be; the transmission selector has a weight to it that an electric switch can't match (I note that the Grenadier appears to have the same stupid "lever" that my '16 328xi had - which didn't always go into "park" when pressed); and I've never had anything so overbuilt (I've written before about the fact it has TWO knobs in the tailgate for the toolkit access cover and TWO straps to undo the toolkit and TWO levers to slide open to access the tools).
To each their own and while I've said many a time that the '22 110 isn't aesthetically pleasing, it sure is functially satisfying when I'm behind the wheel.