It is really cheap to have stuff delivered to your doorstep, by the way. You often don't need to rent a big vehicle, what you need is to get something brought to your home.

Public transport just really is shit here. I'm sorry, it is. It sucks and everyone knows it. It's used by underage pupils, poors and disabled people. Company is called DeLijn, you can look it up if you want to. It's dirt cheap to use it, yet still very few people use it. It's way too unreliable. Busses don't show up unreliable.

I’m talking to you that micro cars are too expensive compared to old station wagons and you jump to “big luxury cars are expensive”? Yeah no shit, Porsche drivers are for sure the general population and what micro cars are aimed at lmao. It is the financial reason for people with normal incomes: Nobody pays 10k for a glorified scooter with a roof.

There are extensive subsidy regulations in place here, for example "salariswagen" with which employers can almost taxfree pay employees with a car in stead of money. This enforces an already strong way in which the "top of the new market" trickles down to the second hand market in 5-10 years. The cayenne is just to point out that this is not a poor region. Many people are wealthy enough for 8000 € to not be a very big spend. The government does subsidize other large SUV-like vehicle through this salary-car scheme. That trickles down very much. After 3 to 5 years of leasing the cars get second hand sold for still a decent price. 5 years later again. Another sale further down the road, it's the station car you'ld currently rather buy than the microcar. The vehicles the government chooses to subsidize are a big influence in what will be available here in the second hand market in 10 years time from now. So yes, subsidizing small efficient cars over big SUV-style vehicles does make ecological sense.