WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

The Big 3 combined to move more than 84,000 certified pre-owned vehicles in March, including a record month for the Chrysler certified programs, according to Autodata Corp.

Specifically, there were 84,064 CPO sales for domestic brands last month, an 18.2-percent year-over-year increase, the firm’s data set indicated.

In the first quarter, they combined to sell 233,356 certified vehicles, beating last year’s pace by 19.0 percent.

Ford’s brands combined to sell 24,787 CPO vehicles in March, essentially steady with year-ago figures. Its Q1 CPO sales were at 68,654 units for a 7.5-percent increase.

At General Motors, certified sales for the Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Saturn brands came in at 41,485 for the month (up 29.7 percent) and 115,993 units for the quarter (up 25.2 percent).

There were 1,993 Cadillac CPO sales in March (up 14.1 percent) and 5,751 certified sales for Q1 (up 19.0 percent).

Next up, the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram brands combined to move 15,799 CPO units in March (up 25.5 percent) and 43,018 (up 23.6 percent) for the quarter.

The Fiat brand (whose numbers are not included in the aforementioned totals) sold 82 certified vehicles in March, beating the year-ago sum of 38. Fiat sold 191 CPO sales in Q1, up from 98 a year ago.