WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

Though off modestly from June, last month’s certified pre-owned sales jumped 21 percent from July 2012 and resulted in the strongest daily selling rate of all time, according to Autodata Corp.

Dealers moved 182,753 CPO units in July, compared to 151,059 in the same month last year. This moved the 2013 year-to-date sum to 1.23 million, 15.1 percent ahead of the year-ago period.

With 25 selling days last month (compared to 24 a year ago and 26 a month ago), Autodata found that the daily selling rate in July was 7,310. This best-ever sum was up from a DSR of 6,294 in July 2012.

There were two brands that hit best-ever sales figures in July, those being Kia with 3,197 CPO sales (up 82.8 percent) and Subaru, which recorded 3,275 certified sales (up 63.8 percent).

With 6,734 CPO sales, Hyundai, meanwhile, had its best-ever July and the second-strongest month on record for certified, said Jose Froehlich, senior manager of certified pre-owned at Hyundai Motor America.

The July sum also represented a 14-percent year-over-year increase. Through seven months of 2013, Hyundai has sold 44,157 CPO rides for a 13-percent hike.

Volkswagen also reported its strongest July ever, with 8,114, a 21.9-percent improvement. Year-to-date figures have hit 57,860 CPO sales (up 15.3 percent year-over-year).

Stay tuned to today’s Used Car Manager Weekly for a brand-by-brand breakdown of July’s CPO sales.

Joe Overby can be reached at joverby@autoremarketing.com. Continue the conversation with Auto Remarketing on both LinkedIn and Twitter.