Comment by wqaatwt

> the Citroen Ami is comfortably sub 10k.

It’s a quadricycle and not a real car, though.

Also I’d bet that VW/etc. executives are more fearful of Chinese equivalent’s of their mid/high-end models which cost the same as Europran manufacturer’s budget options.

Not tiny/ultra-budget/featureless vehicles which wouldn’t be that popular in Europe.

The issues with the Ami or anything similar or most cheap barebones models is that you can get a much nicer used car for the same price.

Modern cars are also much more reliable and last longer than they used to several decades back reducing the demand in the budget segment.