.AMERICANS LOVE to super-size-- and not merely their fast food. They favour big sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickup over small vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the trail in 2023, accounting for majority of all purchases of brand-new lorries, depending on to JATO Mechanics, a research organization. Although European autos are likewise getting bigger, American ones still have a pleasant lead: in 2022 the average vehicle offered in United States considered 1,857 kg, virtually 20% more than the standard in Europe. Wide roads and huge garage support this choice for significant adventures-- and so does the rule. Yet a technicality that for nearly 50 years has incentivised purchases of huge cars are going to quickly be actually secured. Will that lead Americans to buy much smaller cars and trucks?