WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. –

There was just a shade under 200,000 certified pre-owned sales in July, according to preliminary results released this morning from Autodata Corp., which said this monthly sales figure is more than a 9-percent year-over-year increase.

Specifically, there were 199,950 CPO sales for the month, up 9.4 year-over-year but off 10.4 percent from June.

This monthly figure pushed the year-to-date total to 1.33 million, which is ahead of last year’s pace by 8.5 percent, according to Autodata.

In addition to July being a solid month industry-wide, three brands – Hyundai, Kia and MINI — each posted their best CPO sales month ever, Autodata said, noting that a few others were close to reaching best-ever marks, as well.