Eddie Alterman January 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM Opening Essay: Portion Distortion Andrew Boyle This issue is a celebration of bigness, of excess, and of a simple, central truth: We Americans buy our cars by the pound. Size is where the value lies. If a 3XL T-shirt costs the same as your usual M, aren’t you, as an American, morally obliged to take advantage of that deal? This story originally appeared in Volume 33 of Road & Track.