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Look at crash test videos posted above. We have regulations in place where they do not.

Safety regulations.

there are a lot of safe cars available in Germany below 10k€

Do you have used cars in Europe? The US is flooded with used cars and you can get something much better than this for $4000.

Depends where you live. For example in Finland with high tax on cars for 4000€ you can get a -00 Toyota Corolla with 250k km on it.

Europe doesn't permit deathtraps to be sold. This car lacks airbags, and I'd imagine a variety of other safety features to boot.