CARY, N.C. -

The certified pre-owned market from May looks healthy once again, based on the numbers from brands who have shared certified pre-owned sales statistics with Auto Remarketing thus far, including one posting an all-time high. 

Starting with Porsche, it reported the best-ever CPO month in the history of the Porsche Approved Certified Pre-Owned program. Specifically, Porsche sold 1,355 certified vehicles in May, which was a 36.5-percent year-over-year increase. 

Kia had its second-strongest month of all time for CPO sales, moving 5,674 units in May for a 42.67-percent year-over-year hike.

Through five months, Kia has sold 26,341 certified vehicles for a 47.9-percent increase over last year’s pace.

Hyundai sold 8,476 CPO units in May (up 2.7 percent) and has moved 39,790 CPO vehicles so far this year (up 3.3 percent). 

Mercedes-Benz USA reported 12,368 CPO sales, a 4.2-percent hike. Through five months of 2015, it has sold 50,174 certified vehicles. 

For the BMW Group in the U.S., there were 11,105 CPO sales in May for the BMW brand, which beat year-ago figures by 21.0 percent. Through May, there have been 49,070 CPO sales year-to-date, a 25.2-percent hike.

The MINI division posted MINI NEXT (CPO) sales of 1,100 units for the month, a 40.3-percent increase.

In five months, it has sold 4,632 CPO vehicles, which beats the year-ago pace by 28.7 percent. 

Over at Audi, it reported CPO sales of 4,405 units in May. 

Moving to Detroit, Ford and Lincoln CPO sales reached a combined 26,097 units in May, up from 23,366 certified sales a year ago.

Through five months, they have sold 119,528 certified vehicles, up from 109,137 in the same period of 2014.

By brand, Lincoln sold 2,126 CPO cars in May, and its year-to-date sales are at 10,619.

Ford sold 23,971 certified vehicles in May, pushing its yearly sum to 108,909.

Next up, Mazda sold 3,670 certified units for the month (up from 3,662 in May 2014) and 17,348 through five months (compared to 17,296 in the year-ago period).

Volkswagen posted 8,795 CPO sales in May for a 3.2-percent increase. This marked its 15th straight month of CPO sales above 7,000, the company said, and pushed the annual total to 39,610 sales (up 4.5 percent year-over-year).

Volvo sold 2,024 certified vehicles for the month, beating the May 2014 tally of 1,433 by 41.2 percent.

Through five months, its CPO sales have totaled 7,982, up almost 45 percent from the 5,509 CPO sales through May of last year.