.AMERICANS really love to super-size-- and also not only their fast food. They favour big sport-utility lorries (SUVs) as well as pickup trucks over small cars. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, representing more than half of all purchases of new cars, according to JATO Dynamics, an analysis firm. Although International cars and trucks are additionally getting bigger, United States ones still have a comfy top: in 2022 the ordinary car offered in America analyzed 1,857 kilograms, just about twenty% greater than the standard in Europe. Wide roadways and also huge parking spaces satisfy this inclination for substantial rides-- and so carries out the law. Yet a technicality that for virtually half a century has actually incentivised sales of huge vehicles are going to quickly be actually secured. Will that lead Americans to buy smaller sized autos?