.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- and also certainly not only their fast food. They favour massive sport-utility lorries (Sport utility vehicles) as well as pickup trucks over tiny cars. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, representing over half of all sales of brand-new automobiles, according to JATO Aspect, a research study company. Although International cars are additionally getting bigger, United States ones still possess a comfy lead: in 2022 the average car sold in The United States considered 1,857 kg, virtually 20% greater than the average in Europe. Wide streets and also big parking spaces satisfy this preference for substantial experiences-- and so carries out the law. Yet a loophole that for almost half a century has actually incentivised sales of huge cars will very soon be actually tightened. Will that lead Americans to purchase smaller sized cars and trucks?