.AMERICANS enjoy to super-size-- and also not simply their convenience food. They favour substantial sport-utility cars (Sport utility vehicles) and also pickup over small cars and trucks. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for more than half of all sales of brand-new lorries, according to JATO Dynamics, a study company. Although European autos are additionally growing, United States ones still have a relaxed top: in 2022 the typical automobile sold in America analyzed 1,857 kg, nearly 20% greater than the average in Europe. Wide roads and big garage support this preference for significant experiences-- therefore carries out the regulation. Yet a technicality that for virtually half a century has incentivised purchases of big autos will certainly soon be secured. Will that lead Americans to get much smaller autos?