.AMERICANS like to super-size-- and also not simply their convenience food. They favour large sport-utility automobiles (SUVs) and pickup trucks over little vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, accounting for more than half of all sales of new automobiles, depending on to JATO Dynamics, an analysis agency. Although International cars and trucks are actually likewise growing, American ones still possess a comfy lead: in 2022 the ordinary car offered in The United States evaluated 1,857 kilograms, just about 20% much more than the standard in Europe. Wide roads and also significant garage serve this inclination for large adventures-- and so does the rule. Yet a technicality that for almost 50 years has actually incentivised sales of large autos are going to soon be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to acquire much smaller cars?