Sounds like its been abused, battered and contact parked regularly.

The best cars for this type of abuse were Volvo 144 big bumper versions, those could be driven dodgem style.

"hits lots of things" - "abused, battered,..." - And how would you know that? Were you there?
In my defence: it's a huge car, does not have parking sensors and I have to park it and drive away up to a dozen times a day. (I have been driving for 30 years in the UK and Spain with a clean licence, for the record.) The idiotic push-button parking brake does not help!
With the mileage I do, I would expect to suffer (or cause) the occasional scuff, but the paintwork on the flimsy plasticky bumpers is rubbish compared to other cars I have had. The bumper sections are clearly black polycarbonate, sprayed white to no particular depth, and prone to flaking. Part of the cost-cutting (penny pinching) to get this car onto company fleets, no doubt (List price was a whisper under 20,000 Euro, and so there's no touch screen, climate control, parking sensors, mobile phone interface or even seat back pockets. And the choice of any colour as long as it's white!)

Edited by Bilboman on 25/05/2014 at 13:04

My last company car, 2009 Avensis Tourer went back at 150k miles and 4 years old, I stopped using it at 3 years 8 months when it reached it's contracted 150k miles.

The only mark it had on it was on the rear bumper when I misjudged a reverse and touched a brick wall. I did look after it and was careful where I parked. One thing I would like to see is proper bumpers on cars and not plastic body panels in place of bumpers.