.AMERICANS really love to super-size-- and also certainly not merely their convenience food. They favour massive sport-utility cars (SUVs) as well as pickup over tiny automobiles. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for more than half of all sales of brand new vehicles, according to JATO Dynamics, an investigation agency. Although International autos are likewise getting bigger, American ones still have a pleasant top: in 2022 the typical vehicle offered in America considered 1,857 kg, practically 20% much more than the average in Europe. Wide roadways and big garage support this desire for hefty flights-- and so does the legislation. Yet a way out that for almost half a century has actually incentivised sales of major vehicles will quickly be tightened up. Will that lead Americans to acquire smaller cars and trucks?