Re:GM is launching a $5K tiny electric car in China made for...
by dagw on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @04:08AM
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Based on personal observation, most of the big cars you see in much of Europe are also expensive cars, meaning that they're used as a sign of wealth and thus driven by people who don't care so much about gas prices. You see relatively few big, cheap cars, especially compared to the US.
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Re:GM is launching a $5K tiny electric car in China made for...
by Matt3o12_ on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @04:45AM
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Based on my personal experience, there are a lot of Germans who buy used luxury cars that cannot even afford to fully insure them. They buy either big SUV or sporty Mercedes/ BMW with a big engine that burn gas like crazy just to show off. They also drive it very little and do the bare minimum of service because they cannot afford either. They are also some people who live in very small and cheap apartments just to afford them.
They just have them as a status symbol because they want to feel important/powerful/rich.