Why American vehicles are actually so big

.AMERICANS adore to super-size– and not just their fast food. They favour large sport-utility vehicles (Sport utility vehicles) and pickup trucks over small vehicles. Some 8.7 m hit the road in 2023, representing over half of all sales of brand new autos, according to JATO Mechanics, an investigation organization.

Although International automobiles are additionally growing, American ones still possess a comfortable lead: in 2022 the typical automobile marketed in United States evaluated 1,857 kg, nearly twenty% more than the standard in Europe. Wide streets and huge garage satisfy this desire for sizable flights– therefore performs the law. But a technicality that for virtually half a century has incentivised sales of significant vehicles are going to quickly be actually secured.

Will that lead Americans to acquire smaller sized automobiles?