In what turned out to be a solid month to close the second-best quarter ever for certified pre-owned sales, domestic and Asian automakers lifted CPO numbers by more than 12 percent, while European brands climbed more than 9 percent.

That’s according to the latest rundown of monthly CPO sales figures by Autodata Corp.

Starting with the Big 3, those brands sold 76,160 certified vehicles for September (up 12.8 percent from September 2014), and they have moved 705,319 for the year (up 15.1 percent).

Ford’s brands moved 26,064 certified units in September (up 10.0 percent), with the yearly tally at 221,804 units (up 8.9 percent)

At General Motors, certified sales for its Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Saturn brands were at 32,382 units for the month (up 6.9 percent) and 325,731 sales year-to-date (up 14.1 percent).**

There were 2,024 Cadillac CPO sales for September (up 17.7 percent), pushing the year-to-date sum to 19,241 sales (up 24.6 percent).

At Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, its September CPO sales (not including Fiat) totaled 15,690 units, beating the year-ago sum by 32.7 percent. The nine-month sum is at 138,543 sales (up 28.1 percent).

Fiat, whose sales are included in the European figures, sold 100 CPO units for the month (up 31.6 percent) and it has moved 685 year-to-date (up 48.6 percent).

Next up, Asian brand CPO sales came in at 99,126 units in September (up 12.7 percent), and year-to-date numbers have reached 888,406 units (up 7.8 percent).

Among the more notable gains for September were Acura (up 29.7 percent year-over-year with 4,105 sales) and the Nissan brand (up 30.7 percent with 14,851 sales).

European brands sold 35,797 certified units in September (up 9.2 percent). They have moved 335,145 CPO vehicles through nine months, beating last year’s pace by 8.7 percent. 

Volvo had the most significant gain among Europeans for the month, with its sales climbing 48.0 percent to 1,784 units.

**Note: There were no Saturn CPO sales in September, but the year-to-date total is at 23 units, according to Autodata.