.AMERICANS adore to super-size-- and also not merely their fast food. They favour massive sport-utility automobiles (SUVs) as well as pickup over small cars and trucks. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing over half of all purchases of new automobiles, according to JATO Mechanics, a research study company. Although International cars and trucks are likewise growing, United States ones still possess a comfortable top: in 2022 the common auto offered in America analyzed 1,857 kg, just about twenty% greater than the standard in Europe. Wide roads and large garage serve this taste for sizable experiences-- therefore performs the regulation. But a loophole that for virtually 50 years has incentivised sales of big cars will definitely soon be tightened. Will that lead Americans to acquire smaller automobiles?