.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- as well as certainly not simply their junk food. They favour large sport-utility motor vehicles (SUVs) and also pickup over small cars. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for majority of all sales of brand new automobiles, according to JATO Dynamics, an investigation agency. Although International autos are actually also getting bigger, American ones still possess a pleasant lead: in 2022 the typical car offered in United States weighed 1,857 kg, virtually 20% much more than the standard in Europe. Wide roadways and significant parking spaces accommodate this choice for large trips-- and so carries out the regulation. However a technicality that for almost 50 years has incentivised sales of large cars will quickly be secured. Will that lead Americans to purchase smaller sized autos?