Just to get your numbers straight: EU => 507 million people. Also, when you look graph ², you can wonder how much of that is due to recession. (found at rando

Just to get your numbers straight: EU => 507 million people. Also, when you look graph ², you can wonder how much of that is due to recession. (found at random via google search, so I don't know how trustable it is, but seems legit. : http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011_12_01_archive.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011_12_01_archive.html ) ¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union ² http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gzzddTbQ7Mg/TtfoT07ehTI/AAAAAAAALek/cJ9-JX3azYU/s1600/VehicleSalesLongNov2011.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gzzddTbQ7Mg/TtfoT07ehTI/AAAAAAAALe... (via ³) ³ http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011_12_01_archive.html http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011_12_01_archive.html Nonetheless, your point is still valid, European buy less car per person.