CARY, N.C. -

Early indications are that July was yet another strong month for the certified pre-owned market. Here is a rundown of a few brands reporting sales thus far.

Starting with Kia, it reported its third-strongest month of all time, with 5,811 CPO sales in July. This beat year-ago figures by 31.4 percent.  Through seven months, it has sold 38,269 certified vehicles for a 45.6-percent gain.

At Hyundai, dealers moved 7,906 certified vehicles for the month, which was off 6.9 percent year-over-year. But year-to-date figures (55,541 sales) remain ahead of the 2014 pace by 2.2 percent.

Next up, Volkswagen moved 8,339 certified vehicles in July (up 2.6 percent) and has hit 55,653 CPO sales for the year (up 4.7 percent).

The CPO brands at Ford sold 25,166 vehicles in July, beating the year-ago sum of 23,000. In seven months, they have sold 170,811 CPO units, compared to 154,958 in the same period of 2014.

Lincoln sold 2,097 in July, while the Ford brand had 23,069 CPO sales.

Continuing on, Mazda sold 3,437, against July 2014 sales of 3,638 units. Through seven months, Mazda dealers have posted 23,807 certified sales, versus 24,392 in the year-ago period.

Volvo sold 1,845 CPO vehicles for the month, up 41.4 percent from a year ago. Its year-to-date sales of 11,675 are up 45.6 percent.

At BMW of North America, the BMW brand had 9,645 CPO sales for July (up 6.6 percent), and its year-to-date sales are at 68,041 (up 21.0 percent).

The MINI brand had 1,108 CPO sales for July (up 31.7 percent) and 6,791 year-to-date CPO sales (up 30.2 percent).

At Mercedes-Benz USA,  the Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program had 9,669 sales in July (up 6.1 percent) and 68,543 sales year-to-date.

Porsche sold 1,256 certified vehicles in July, which was a 26-percent improvement.

Audi had 4,542 CPO sales in July.