WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

Big 3 automakers combined to sell nearly 70,000 certified pre-owned vehicles in November, beating year-ago figures by 16.9 percent, according to Autodata Corp.

Specifically, the 69,915 CPO sales among domestics in November put the year-to-date tally at 758,486 sales, a 15.7-percent improvement over the first 11 months of 2013.

Ford’s brands sold 22,552 certified cars in November (up 16.1 percent) with year-to-date sales at 249,095 sales (up 18.9 percent).

Certified sales for General Motors’ Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Saturn reached 33,268 units in November (up 18.9 percent). Through 11 months, these brands have sold 356,075 CPO units (up 12.4 percent).

Cadillac had 1,876 CPO sales in November (up 20.4 percent) and year-to-date sales are at 19,134 units (up 13.7 percent).

Chrysler’s brands (excluding FIAT) had 12,219 certified sales last month (up 12.8 percent), pushing the yearly tally to 134,181 units (up 19.0 percent).

There were 50 FIAT certified sales in November, with yearly sales at 581.