.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- and certainly not just their junk food. They favour large sport-utility autos (SUVs) and also pickup over small vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, representing more than half of all purchases of brand-new lorries, according to JATO Aspect, a research organization. Although European cars are additionally growing, American ones still possess a comfortable top: in 2022 the typical car offered in The United States examined 1,857 kilograms, practically twenty% much more than the standard in Europe. Wide roadways and major garage serve this choice for significant adventures-- therefore does the rule. However a way out that for virtually 50 years has actually incentivised sales of huge automobiles will soon be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to get smaller sized autos?