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>In Europe, flashing wealth is generally frowned upon between top-performing professionals (TC +- 800k-1m/year, age <40, top doctors in private practice, star lawyers, etc). Leasing, or god forbid, getting a LOAN for your car is seen as utterly pathetic. Like, who do you think you are, and why do you feel the need to show off?

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/leasing-news/2021/11/29/private-vehicle-ownership-falls-by-42-in-europe
>The leasing industry has grown in the past five years, with private ownership falling in Europe from 53% of total market in 2013, down to 42% in 2021, according to research by Jato Dynamics.
https://www.transportenvironment.org/articles/stuck-in-the-fossil-age-are-car-leasing-companies-in-the-eu-green-leaders-or-greenwashing
>Today half of all new cars in the EU are leased, not bought. Leasing companies, owned by banks or carmakers, are the secret giants of the automotive world. Combined, the top seven leasing companies register 30% of new cars in the EU and hold a fleet with an estimated 9.3 million cars.

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/stats/fvc/html/ecb.fvcs21q2~5e15f813b0.en.html
>Turning to the borrowing sector of securitised loans, loans to euro area households amounted to €753 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2021
https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/europe-car-loan-market
>The Europe Car Loan Market size is estimated at EUR 303.46 billion in 2025, and is expected to reach EUR 400.39 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period (2025-2030).
https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1065113/umfrage/anteil-der-per-kredit-oder-leasing-finanzierten-privaten-pkw-in-deutschland/
>47% of new cars are financed in Germany


I don't understand why you even lie and pretend to be European when you clearly are not. That or you're some city busrider who doesn't even own cars.