As of mid-day Tuesday, a few automakers had reported certified pre-owned sales from the first month of the year. The results thus far have been mixed.

Mercedes-Benz’s CPO program, for one, had its strongest January ever. Its 9,934 certified sales for the month were up 5.1 percent from last year.

MINI also had its best January for CPO, selling 855 units to edge out year-ago figures by 0.7 percent. 

And Porsche posted 1,165 certified sales, which marked a 13-percent year-over-year hike.

But others were reporting slides.

The BMW division had 8,212 certified sales, which marked a 6.1-percent year-over-year decrease. 

Volkswagen sold 5,721 certified cars in January, down 25.5 percent..

Volvo’s 1,122 CPO sales for January were down 16.7 percent from the opening month of 2015.

Mazda sold 2,596 certified vehicles for the month, down from 3,437 in January 2015.

Stay tuned to Auto Remarketing as additional automaker and overall industry CPO sales reports are filed.