▲ 1099 ▼ You guys need to stop (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 394 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) It's because only the rich in Europe buy new cars, buying a new car is a very rare thing. In addition to that BMW and Mercedes are known as luxury brands and by far not common in Europe. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Parellius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're joking right? I'm in the UK and every bugger going has a Merc or a BMW. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kattenluik@feddit.nl -2 points 2 years ago Other than the UK I guess, and the business vans are usually sold as manual too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] First@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago Totally made up claim, the average passenger car age is 12.2 years in the US, and 12 years in Europe. BMW market share is 2.4% in the U.S., 6.7% in Europe. Similar figures for Mercedes are 2.5% U.S. vs. 5% Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Parellius@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're joking right? I'm in the UK and every bugger going has a Merc or a BMW. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kattenluik@feddit.nl -2 points 2 years ago Other than the UK I guess, and the business vans are usually sold as manual too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kattenluik@feddit.nl -2 points 2 years ago Other than the UK I guess, and the business vans are usually sold as manual too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] First@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago Totally made up claim, the average passenger car age is 12.2 years in the US, and 12 years in Europe. BMW market share is 2.4% in the U.S., 6.7% in Europe. Similar figures for Mercedes are 2.5% U.S. vs. 5% Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
