Oversea's you'd be surprised how you can option vehicles...
Weird stuff we considering standard is all Ala Cart to keep base prices down.
The size of cars is also funny, the rental place told us they were all out of small cars, and gave me the 116d. (Small car is a mb a series / smart car size).
After driving through some of the smaller villages in france we came across, it was barely able to fit with the 116, so It made sense. Really makes you appreciate where you live, like you said.