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The arrival of spring also appears to be bringing with it some strong certified pre-owned sales. A few automakers began reporting March results on Wednesday, which can be found below.

Kia had an all-time record month with 5,986 CPO sales in March, marking a 55 percent year-over-year increase from March 2014's results as well as a 22.49 percent increase over last month's certified sales.

Volvo increased its March CPO sales from 1,128 last year to 1,583 this year. Its year-to-date sum is up 51.3 percent with 4,279 certified sales through three months.

Hyundai moved 8,593 certified vehicles for the month, which beat year-ago numbers by 1.3 percent. Its first-quarter tally is 23,089 CPO sales, up 3.3 percent from last year’s pace.

At Ford, its brands combined to move 24,787 certified vehicles in March, compared to 24,785 last year. Three-month sales are at 68,628 CPO units. The automaker had 63,860 CPO sales in Q1 of 2014.

By brand, Lincoln sold 2,276 CPO units in March and Ford sold 22,511.

Over at Mazda, CPO sales were at 3,630 units, down from 4,336 last March.

First-quarter sales, however, of 10,275 CPO vehicles still beat last year’s Q1 total of 10,216.

Volkswagen reported 8,490 certified sales, a 2.5-percent year-over-year increase and the 13th straight month of more than 7,000 CPO sales. It has sold 23,341 CPO units so far this year, an 8.7-percent hike.

Audi sold 3,881 CPO units in March.