.AMERICANS like to super-size-- and also certainly not only their junk food. They favour massive sport-utility lorries (SUVs) and pickup trucks over little autos. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, making up over half of all purchases of brand new vehicles, according to JATO Mechanics, an investigation company. Although European automobiles are actually likewise growing, American ones still possess a comfy top: in 2022 the average auto offered in The United States considered 1,857 kilograms, virtually twenty% much more than the average in Europe. Wide roads as well as big parking spaces support this inclination for substantial flights-- therefore does the law. Yet a loophole that for nearly half a century has incentivised sales of major motor vehicles are going to very soon be firmed up. Will that lead Americans to purchase smaller cars and trucks?