.AMERICANS adore to super-size– and certainly not merely their junk food. They favour massive sport-utility autos (Sport utility vehicles) and pickup over small automobiles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing over half of all sales of new vehicles, according to JATO Mechanics, a research firm.
Although European cars are additionally getting bigger, United States ones still have a relaxed lead: in 2022 the typical vehicle sold in The United States analyzed 1,857 kilograms, just about 20% more than the average in Europe. Wide roads and also huge parking spaces serve this desire for large adventures– consequently performs the rule. However a loophole that for almost 50 years has incentivised sales of major vehicles will certainly soon be tightened.
Will that lead Americans to acquire much smaller autos?