CARY, N.C. -

The first quarter of 2014 is now officially in the books, and with that, a few automakers have shared their Q1 certified pre-owned results this morning.

Starting with Hyundai, it achieved its best-ever month for CPO, selling 8,484 units. This marked the first time it has sold more than 8,000 certified cars and is a 26.3-percent year-over-year hike.

Through three months, Hyundai has sold 22,348 CPO vehicles (up 26 percent) and 686 Hyundai dealers have sold at least one certified car this year, officials noted.

Mazda also reported a best-ever month, selling 4,336 vehicles. This beat the old record set in August, when Mazda moved 3,667 CPO cars. Mazda sold 3,390 certified vehicles in March 2013.

For the first quarter, its certified sales were at 10,216 units, versus 8,588 in the same period of 2013.

Meanwhile, Ford’s brands combined to sell 24,785 certified vehicles in March and have moved 63,860 certified vehicles so far this year.

Breaking down that total, there were 2,366 Lincoln CPO sales in March and 5,912 in Q1.

There were 22,419 Ford/Mercury certified sales for the month and 57,948 for the quarter.

Next up, Audi sold 3,886 CPO vehicles last month, compared to 3,425 in March 2013.

Its first-quarter certified sales came in at 10,314 units, versus 9,054 in Q1 a year ago.

Volkswagen moved 8,281 certified units in March, down 9.3 percent year-over-year. For the first quarter, CPO sales totaled 21,471 units (down 9.6 percent).

That said, VW noted that March was still its sixth-best certified month ever and marked the eighth time the company has sold more than 8,000 CPO cars in a month.

Volvo’s 1,119 certified sales in March were a 9-percent improvement over the year-ago time frame.

It moved 2,801 CPO cars in the first quarter, down 0.8 percent from Q1 2013.

Over at Mercedes-Benz USA, the company reported that the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program had 9,757 sales in March (up 12.5 percent year-over-year) and 28,050 sales in the first quarter (up 15.1 percent).

Finally, there were 988 Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned vehicle sales in the U.S. last month.

Stay tuned to Auto Remarketing this week for more CPO sales results from March and the first quarter.