.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- as well as not merely their junk food. They favour large sport-utility cars (Sport utility vehicles) and pickup over small cars and trucks. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, accounting for more than half of all purchases of brand-new lorries, according to JATO Mechanics, a study agency. Although International cars and trucks are likewise getting bigger, American ones still have a comfortable top: in 2022 the ordinary vehicle sold in America evaluated 1,857 kilograms, just about twenty% more than the standard in Europe. Wide roadways and also large parking spaces satisfy this taste for hefty experiences-- therefore does the rule. Yet a way out that for nearly half a century has actually incentivised sales of large motor vehicles will very soon be actually secured. Will that lead Americans to acquire smaller sized cars?