WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

Dealers with import brands had nice gains in certified pre-owned sales during July, as yearly sales continue down a blistering path.

First, Asian brands sold 104,555 certified vehicles in July (up 9.5 percent), according to Autodata Corp.

Meanwhile, their year-to-date figures are at 684,778 units through seven months, which beats the year-ago pace by 8.1 percent.

As for European brands, their CPO sales reached 38,343 units in July, which was up 8.8 percent from July 2014. Seven-month sales reached 260,148 units, up 11.7 percent from the year-ago pace.

A week ago, Auto Remarketing shared an early rundown of certified sales for many of these import brands.  

Additionally, the latest installment of the annual Power 300 issue of Auto Remarketing includes a Q&A with Sam Liang, who was recently named senior manager of certified pre-owned at Infiniti USA.