I just returned from Europe (France, actually) and of course I look for what people drive.
First thing I noticed -again- is that practically everybody drives really small cars like Fiestas, 205s, 500s. Families drive small minivans and then there are just commercial vehicles. Even the MD of the company I work with drives an A3 Diesel.
Another observation is that these vehicles are Diesel.
To have a nicer car is sooo expensive, I hardly saw a nice car like an S-class Benz, 5 or 7 series BMW or -gasp- a Porsche of any type.....
Gas is at least 4x more expensive. Nice cars are subject to luxury tax and CO2 taxes.
I am happy to live here in the US, people in Europe think I must have a lot of $$$ but when I tell them how things are over here they are really
To add insult to injury car prices here are MUCH cheaper! When I tell them what we pay for a nice -used- car......
Not only France but other countries like Germany are very similar.
Andy