In Europe cars are very heavily subsidized by the government. In Belgium for instance it is very common to get payed part of your salary under the for of a car

In Europe cars are very heavily subsidized by the government. In Belgium for instance it is very common to get payed part of your salary under the for of a car (replaced every 4 years) and fuel card, exempt from taxes both for the company as well as for the employee (the result of decades the automobile lobby being very close to the governments). This results in significant more of German luxury cars, especially BMW, Mercedes and Audi, being quite common, as well as being the most jammed up country on the planet. So while it looks like fancy flaunting, the BMW 5, Audi 6 or Mercedes E is very common will not turn many eyes here.