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Prestige, status aside: Can you buy a tiny car?

A small car on a street in Hamburg, Germany. [XN Iraki]

Would you buy this car (picture)? I asked the same question to my undergraduate and postgraduate students.

The answer was consistent for both groups, no. They said it's too small, even those unmarried agreed too.

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