.AMERICANS adore to super-size-- as well as certainly not just their convenience food. They favour huge sport-utility lorries (SUVs) as well as pickup trucks over little autos. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for majority of all purchases of new cars, according to JATO Characteristics, a research study organization. Although International cars are also growing, United States ones still have a comfy lead: in 2022 the typical auto marketed in United States evaluated 1,857 kg, nearly 20% greater than the average in Europe. Wide streets and also huge parking spaces support this inclination for substantial experiences-- therefore performs the regulation. But a technicality that for virtually half a century has incentivised sales of huge cars will very soon be actually firmed up. Will that lead Americans to acquire much smaller automobiles?