My car is a Honda Insight. Sometimes it can actually be hard to see if it is in a parking lot full of pickup trucks and SUVs. My Insight could probably actually fit into the bed of some of the bigger pickup trucks on the road these days. Based on recent sales information, it appears that more and more American car buyers are favoring these types of big and expensive vehicles.

1. Big Is Beautiful When It Comes To Auto Sales

2. My car is a Honda Insight.

3. Sometimes it can actually be hard to see if it
is in a parking lot full of pickup trucks and
SUVs.

4. My Insight could probably actually fit into
the bed of some of the bigger pickup trucks
on the road these days.

5. Based on recent sales information, it
appears that more and more American car
buyers are favoring these types of big and
expensive vehicles.

6. Auto Sales Are Up

7. While sales of its Prius hybrid model were
down 13 percent from a year ago, for
Toyota, sales of its Lexus SUV were up 28
percent and sales of its Tacoma pickup truck
increased by 29 percent.

8. During this same period, sales of Honda's SUVs
and trucks increased 13 percent, while Ford saw
increases in the sales numbers for its F-150 model
and Chevy saw sales of its Silverado pickup
increase by 34 percent compared to the same
time period one year ago.

9. Lower Fuel Prices
Help Auto Sales

10. Many analysts suggest that the increase in
the sales of these types of vehicles is due in
large part to the relatively low gas prices
that consumers are paying currently.

11. Gas prices nationwide in July of 2015
averaged around $2.70 per gallon.

12. The front page of the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram newspaper this past week
suggested the possibility the consumers may
see gas prices actually dip below $2.00 per
gallon in the not too distant future.

13. Another reason for the increase in auto sales of
these types of vehicles is the inevitable summer
discounts that manufacturers offer at this time of
year in order to clear dealer inventory to make
room for next year's models.

14. These discounts are very enticing to
consumers and may account for the 27
percent increase in the sales of Nissan Altima
that occurred in July.

15. The result of these impression sales numbers
may be that by the end of the year,
automakers will have had their best year
since the beginning of the recession several
years ago.

16. An impressive 1.5 million vehicles were sold
across the U.S. in July of 2015, which is an
overall increase of 5 percent from the
previous year.

17. Another big trend in auto sales is in the sale
of luxury vehicles.

18. So far this year the sales numbers for luxury
vehicle has been 1.3 percent higher this year
than last year, with 11.5 percent of all
vehicles sold this year being in the luxury
class.

19. So it is clear that when it comes to a auto
sales so far in 2015, for consumers, big really
is beautiful.