My car has to have the wheel removed to get to the battery, too. And just to change spark plugs costs $250, because they have to remove the whole top of the back side of the engine. Smaller cars are a double-edge sword. You get better gas mileage, but your repair costs are through the roof.
And modern bumpers are made of plastic and promises, not metal, and to replace them costs hundreds of dollars. It's a total scam. They make them fragile on purpose so they'll get totaled in an accident and your repair costs go sky-high.