.AMERICANS like to super-size-- as well as certainly not just their junk food. They favour large sport-utility cars (SUVs) as well as pickup over tiny autos. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, accounting for more than half of all purchases of brand new cars, according to JATO Dynamics, a research agency. Although International autos are additionally growing, United States ones still possess a pleasant lead: in 2022 the average cars and truck sold in America weighed 1,857 kg, virtually 20% much more than the average in Europe. Wide roads and also significant parking spaces accommodate this preference for large trips-- consequently carries out the regulation. However a loophole that for almost 50 years has actually incentivised sales of large automobiles are going to soon be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to purchase smaller autos?