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Sales Show Bigger Vehicles Winning

The sales figures for May show that more Americans are not buying smaller cars during the month of May, yet were buying bigger vehicles. This is, despite the fact that in May the average cost of a gallon of gasoline was around four dollars. The figures also shown that the vehicles being purchased were much bigger than they were three years ago. So what made the change? After all, most automakers were predicting that consumers were going to start buying smaller cars in order to offset the high price of gas. 

It seems that the better efficiency that cars and trucks are offering is one reason why so many people are now buying bigger vehicles. When compared to three years ago, the average big vehicle has improved its gas mileage by around two percent. Which may not sound like much, but when paying for high gas, it can make a huge difference. 

However, there is yet another reason why so many people are still buying bigger vehicles. This being the fact that many people have families that are not going to fit into a small car. Those that were questioned about their buying of a big vehicle, point out that no matter the gas prices, they are going to buy big since they are not going to shove their family into a small car that has everyone cramped into a small space. 

So what does it look like for the future? It would seem that most automakers should listen to the consumers and make sure that they are still producing some of the bigger vehicles that the consumers still want. They are not going to be happy if everyone starts making the small vehicles and get away from the bigger vehicles. Will they listen? Who knows, but they would do better for themselves if they did since the consumer is the one that will be purchasing the vehicle.