.AMERICANS enjoy to super-size-- and also not just their fast food. They favour large sport-utility autos (SUVs) and pickup trucks over tiny autos. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, making up over half of all purchases of brand-new motor vehicles, according to JATO Mechanics, a research study agency. Although International automobiles are also getting bigger, United States ones still have a pleasant lead: in 2022 the ordinary automobile sold in The United States evaluated 1,857 kg, nearly 20% more than the average in Europe. Wide streets and also large garage support this inclination for sizable adventures-- consequently does the rule. But a technicality that for nearly 50 years has actually incentivised purchases of huge motor vehicles will certainly quickly be tightened. Will that lead Americans to get smaller cars?