.AMERICANS really love to super-size-- and not only their junk food. They favour large sport-utility cars (Sport utility vehicles) and pickup trucks over tiny autos. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for over half of all purchases of new automobiles, according to JATO Dynamics, a research study agency. Although International cars and trucks are also growing, United States ones still have a pleasant top: in 2022 the normal cars and truck sold in The United States evaluated 1,857 kilograms, almost 20% much more than the standard in Europe. Wide roads and huge garage support this choice for significant adventures-- consequently performs the law. Yet a technicality that for nearly half a century has incentivised sales of big vehicles will definitely soon be actually tightened. Will that lead Americans to buy much smaller autos?