Because every time I check on articles apparently “poor” people according to them are guys with 10000 euro ready to spend like that.
Also the apps for car buying seem broken, they only offer you totaled cars or cars that need serious work at low budgets.
For a number of years when I was younger I would go find a sub-$1000 vehicle that was current on registration and just drive it into the ground then go get another one. With nothing but oil, gas, tires and occasional DIY repairs I could generally get a couple years out of them. What I saved on car payments went into a fund for the next one. Then I grew up.