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Most petrol family cars are less than 1500 kg in Europe. Americans are used to overweight cars and that's spreading to here too. Though it's often a problem since most city parking spots are smaller than huge cars like Tesla model Y.



People don’t use a Golf VII as a family car, they use SUVs. And most of those are closer to 2 tons than 1.5.


Based on your experience? My parents use their Golf 7 to drive down south to Italy from Germany every other year. Two adults, two teenagers, and one small dog fit in better than into my dad's late 2000s Mercedes S class


Half of Germany drove to Italy with their VW Beetles back then. It’s a traditional thing. However there are some neighborhoods where with second child family buys their Mercedes V class or VW T6. I prefer those over the ones having Ford Fiesta as a family car.


Plenty use golf sized cars as family cars. Fairly normal in the EU and UK


My family (of 4) car is a Kia Rio :). We live in an EU city and do 300km trips every other weekend. Frequently it is a tight fit, but one can manage.


Golf is THE family car. SUVs are not as common and often driven by boomers who don't live with their children anymore.




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