Toyota, Ford and Subaru were the biggest sellers of new cars and trucks in Colorado during the first six months of 2013.
All three showed healthy increases through the end of June: Toyota was up by 11 percent, Ford by 18.3 percent and Subaru by 21.2 percent, according to figures provided by the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association.
Toyota has a slim lead over Ford for top spot, 10,917 sales to 10,824, followed by Subaru 8,340, Honda 6,993, Chevrolet 6,247, Nissan 5,325, Dodge/Ram 5,307, Jeep 4,834, Volkswagen 2,976 and Hyundai 2,832.
Sales of new cars and trucks in the state for the first six months totaled 83,352, compared with 73,661 at the same point of 2012, a gain of 13.2 percent.
“Consumer optimism continues to improve and the demand for new cars and trucks is very strong,” said Tim Jackson, president of CADA. “They have more options and designs to choose from, as well as a growing interest in the broader variety of fuel-efficient vehicles.”
Market-share gains were strongest among compact SUVs, full-size pickups and compact luxury SUVs.
Ford made the biggest jump in sales during the six-month period, going from 9,149 last year to 10,824 through June this year, a gain of 1,675. That total was followed by Subaru, with an increase of 1,458 sales, a combination of Dodge and Ram with 1,432, Toyota/Scion 1,085, Honda 1,009, Nissan 700, Volkswagen 432 and BMW 419.
On percentage basis, major increases were by Dodge/Ram, Porsche, Mitsubishi, BMW and Land Rover.
Bud Wells can be reached via e-mail at bwells@denverpost.com.
