Well, Denmark has a draconian tax on cars [1]. I assume for many Danes, it's not like they have access to a car and are biking to work by choices.
[1]: https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/denmark-agrees-g...
[1]: https://autovista24.autovistagroup.com/news/denmark-agrees-g...
> The parties have agreed that an extra tier will be introduced, whereby a lower 25% tax rate will be applied to the car’s value up to DKK 65,000 in 2021. The 85% tax rate will then be applied up to the slightly higher value of DKK 202,200 in 2021, with the 150% rate above that level.
So you can buy a 80k DKK car and pay only 25% tax.
(Which is the sales tax rate in Denmark for all consumer goods)
Also, I'm not sure where did that 80k number came from. If you're using it just as an example, then I think the effective tax rate on that would be 36.25%. [1].
[1]: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%280.25*65000%2B0.85*15...
Regarding car prices, many Danes drive cars that cost a bit over DKK 100k, on which the effective sales tax isn’t much higher than 25%.
Interesting, I'm curious to know what kinds of car are popular there. I searched a bit, and it seems like after Tesla Model 3 (which is expensive), the most popular car models are Peugeot 208 and Nissan Qashqai [1]. I wasn't able to figure out how much they cost in Denmark through a quick search though.
[1]: https://www.dataforce.de/en/news/tesla-model-3-is-the-best-s...