.AMERICANS adore to super-size-- and also not only their junk food. They favour large sport-utility automobiles (SUVs) and also pickup trucks over small automobiles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, accounting for over half of all sales of new automobiles, according to JATO Characteristics, an analysis agency. Although International cars and trucks are actually additionally getting bigger, American ones still possess a comfortable top: in 2022 the common auto offered in The United States weighed 1,857 kg, virtually 20% much more than the average in Europe. Wide roadways and major parking spaces serve this preference for significant experiences-- consequently performs the regulation. However a technicality that for virtually half a century has actually incentivised sales of major lorries will certainly very soon be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to buy smaller vehicles?