.AMERICANS like to super-size-- and also not just their junk food. They favour substantial sport-utility autos (SUVs) and pickup over small automobiles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, accounting for majority of all purchases of new automobiles, depending on to JATO Dynamics, a study firm. Although European vehicles are actually also growing, American ones still possess a pleasant lead: in 2022 the typical auto offered in The United States weighed 1,857 kilograms, just about 20% more than the average in Europe. Wide roadways and large parking spaces serve this desire for substantial trips-- therefore does the law. But a technicality that for nearly 50 years has incentivised purchases of huge autos will certainly quickly be tightened. Will that lead Americans to purchase much smaller cars?