Whilst Keyzos comments bear sone merits, when we talk about ‘high end” Cars such as BMW Mercedes Audi etc, in the UK, the majority of these cars are leased as company vehicles not individual buyers/lessors. These still are a good bet for them as the Benefit in kind is much less on an ec.
When paying their own money, people choose smaller, cheaper cars.
The average working person can’t afford 50Kmiease costs and that is something the Eutopean manufacturers miss.
In sonecways,nMotability customers are better off than the average working Joe, but if the scheme didn’t exist, most would be in either smaller or older second hand cars,
Until the price of leasing evs cones down, the take up by non business car lessors will be low.
The Chinese are not buying European xars currently,nas their economy falters, they are buying heavily discounted Chinese built cars, but still expect a much higher price for the sane cars in Europe