Led by Subaru and Jeep, sales of new cars and trucks in Colorado increased by 7.8 percent.

Almost 90,000 (89,833) new cars and trucks had been sold in the state by the end of June, compared with 83,352 at the same point of 2013, according to the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA).

Subaru and Jeep were the biggest gainers in numbers of sales among the individual makes. Subaru sales jumped 1,562, followed by Jeep with a gain of 1,432. Other makes with sizable increases in numbers sold are given in the following table:

“Consumer demand for new cars and trucks continues to look very strong, with back-to-back months of double-digit gains (sales increased 10.6 percent in June and 12.7 in May),” said Tim Jackson, president of the CADA, which released the sales report. “The sales surge has been boosted by aggressive manufacturer incentives to buy, easier and more affordable financing, and enthusiasm for purchasing new models and more fuel-efficient vehicles now available in showrooms throughout the state.”

Leading in overall sales for the six months is Toyota/Scion.   The list below provides the top 10 of the total Colorado New Car / Truck sales for the period of Jan – Jun 2014.

The breakdown of six-month sales by categories is unusual.

For example, sales of light trucks, dominated by Ford, Chevy, Jeep and Ram, far outpaced sales of cars, 54,861 to 34,972. Yet, in overall sales including cars, Japanese brands outsold the Detroit Three (Ford, GM, Chrysler), 40,080 to 34,488. Since the Detroit Three dominate in trucks, those totals emphasize how few cars are sold by the Detroit Three in comparison to the Japanese brands.

Worth noting is the performance of luxury builder Jaguar, which sold 58 new cars in Colorado in the first six months of this year, compared with only 26 at the same time of 2013. One boost in these parts for the Jag is the addition of all-wheel-drive capability to two four-door sedans in the past year.

While tallying six-month sales totals for hybrids and electrics early this week, I took possession for a few days of the 2014 Chevy Volt. Its arrival was good timing, for the Volt is one of half a dozen strong competitors among plug-in hybrid electric and battery electric models.

The Volt outsold the Toyota Prius plug-in electric in June; surprisingly, though, both the Chevy and the Toyota were outsold for the month by the Ford Fusion Energi.

For the first half of this year, the Prius Plug-in leads sales of that category with 9,300, followed by the Volt with 8,615, the FusionEnergi with 6,235 and the Ford C-Max Energi with 3,928.

Among battery-powered electrics which have no gasoline engines, the Nissan Leaf has outsold the Tesla Model S, 12,736 to 8,200 for the first six months of the year.

Despite a sharp drop in sales of the Toyota Prius Liftback in the past year, it continues to dominate totals in the regular gas/electric hybrid market, as it has since it was introduced 14 years ago.

The Prius Liftback has sold 63,037 hybrids through the end of June, far ahead of the next three, the Toyota Camry and Prius C and the Ford Fusion, each of which has sold barely over 20,000. The Prius Liftback at this time last year had sold 76,809 hybrids.

Of 8,123,389 new cars and trucks sold thus far this year in the U.S., 287,761 are hybrids, plug-ins and electrics. That is 3.5 percent of the market. The 287,761 combined sales total for the three “hybrid” categories is slightly below the total of 298,517 for the same period of 2013.

Following are sales totals for leaders among the three categories of hybrids and electrics:

Hybrids

Toyota Prius Liftback 63,037; Toyota Camry 21,771; Ford Fusion 20,800; Toyota Prius C 20,283; Toyota Prius V 14,481; Hyundai Sonata 11,349; Ford C-Max 9,522; Lexus CT200h 8,337; Toyota Avalon 8,099; Lexus ES 6,947; Honda Accord 6,888; Kia Optima 6,417; Lincoln MKZ 6,018; Subaru XV Crosstrek 4,243; Lexus RX450h 4,206.

Plug-in Electrics

Toyota Prius 9,300; Chevrolet Volt 8,615; Ford Fusion Energi 6,235; Ford C-Max Energi 3,928; Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid 481; Cadillac ELR 390; Honda Accord 180.

Fully Electrics

Nissan Leaf 12,736; Tesla Model S 8,200; Smart for Two EV 1,092; Ford Focus EV 896; Fiat 500E 726; BMW i3 694; Chevrolet Spark 636; Toyota RAV4 EV 546; Honda Fit EV 221; Mitsubishi i 97.