.AMERICANS like to super-size-- as well as certainly not just their junk food. They favour big sport-utility automobiles (SUVs) and also pickup over small cars. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for over half of all purchases of brand new autos, depending on to JATO Mechanics, a study agency. Although European vehicles are also growing, American ones still have a relaxed top: in 2022 the typical vehicle sold in The United States considered 1,857 kilograms, virtually twenty% much more than the standard in Europe. Wide roads and also significant garage satisfy this desire for sizable flights-- therefore does the regulation. However a way out that for nearly 50 years has actually incentivised purchases of large autos will certainly very soon be tightened. Will that lead Americans to get smaller sized automobiles?