.AMERICANS enjoy to super-size-- and also not just their fast food. They favour huge sport-utility autos (SUVs) and also pickup over little cars. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing over half of all sales of brand-new cars, depending on to JATO Characteristics, a research study company. Although European autos are likewise growing, United States ones still possess a comfy top: in 2022 the ordinary car offered in The United States examined 1,857 kilograms, practically 20% greater than the average in Europe. Wide roadways and also significant garage support this choice for significant flights-- and so does the legislation. However a loophole that for almost half a century has incentivised sales of huge vehicles are going to very soon be actually tightened up. Will that lead Americans to buy much smaller automobiles?