.AMERICANS like to super-size-- and certainly not just their junk food. They favour substantial sport-utility lorries (SUVs) and also pickup trucks over small vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for over half of all sales of new lorries, according to JATO Aspect, a research agency. Although European cars are additionally getting bigger, American ones still possess a comfortable lead: in 2022 the average auto marketed in The United States analyzed 1,857 kilograms, just about twenty% more than the average in Europe. Wide roadways and also significant garage accommodate this choice for substantial flights-- consequently carries out the legislation. Yet a loophole that for almost 50 years has actually incentivised sales of large automobiles will very soon be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to purchase smaller sized cars?