[Gibbon1]

I think of that as rubber hose policy. Beat down hapless working class people who have zero power and pretend some good will come of it.

[arethuza]

Do "hapless working class people" buy many SUVs and pickup trucks in France?

[yann63]

French here.

Yes. There are many "cheap" ones, such as Dacia Duster. I see plenty of them everyday.

[pjc50]

Not only that, hapless working people buying very high horsepower trucks!

Edit: the Dacia Duster of sibling comment is about 6"CV": https://www.neowebcar.com/puissance-fiscale/dacia/duster/dci , which puts it in the €3125 band.