New cars in EU and UK growing 1cm wider every two years, shows report

Bigger cars more likely to kill people, release more toxic gas and are outgrowing design of cities

New cars in the EU and UK have grown 1cm wider every two years, the Guardian can reveal, driven by large luxury SUVs whose sales show no sign of slowing.

“It’s unrelenting,” said James Nix, an analyst at the Transport and Environment (T&E) campaign group and author of the report. “Spurred on by sales of the largest SUVs, vehicles are getting wider every year.”