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Also, even if Europeans would like the look of larger cars, our roads are not built for it lol. Definitely not in cities.

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Almost every European road can fit cars up to 2.5 meters wide and about 6 meters long. Parking spaces not so much.

The garage we have, as part of a coop, was built for a 60s European car. Think good old VW Beetle.

While there are a fair number of cars we could park, like the VW ID.4, we couldn't get out of them while parked.

Same here, our house was built in the early 80s and has a tiny garage. Theoretically you could fit our Skoda Octavia (2 kids) in it, but getting out would prove challenging, even if everybody exited on the same side. Also you wouldn’t be able to use the garage for anything else, like storing gardening tools, bicycles, skateboards, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QksqWRqEfy0

Not quite that bad, but close. I have to park slightly at an angle and offset, so I can can get out. Any passenger wouldn't be able to get out due to this.

And I don't have a big car, it's basically the same size as a Kia Niro EV or Hyundai Kona.

2.2m wide, In almost all road construction spots, the left lane is mostly only 2.2m wide. This is also the width measured in many small streets with cars parked on both sides.

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