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While Honda Canada’s combined certified pre-owned sales for its Acura and Honda brands in July was essentially static with the year-ago period (down less than 0.5 percent), both divisions are seeing double-digit gains when it comes to year-to-date CPO growth.

“Honda CPO sales continues its successful sales year. Currently, we are 12.6 percent up in CPO sales compared to the same period last year,” said Todd Fowler, Honda Canada’s manager of used-vehicle operations, regarding the Honda division.

“We are proud of our dealer network for achieving this level of growth and for elevating our Honda certified brand,” he continued.

As for Acura, Fowler added: “Acura CPO sales continue to amaze. We are currently 49.2 percent up in CPO sales compared to the same period last year.

“Six out of the seven months of 2012 represent the six highest CPO sales months in the history of the Acura CPO program. We are very proud of our dealer network for their dedication in both promoting Acura and our certified brand,” he further noted.

More specifically, there were 1,738 certified units sold for the Honda brand in July, down from 1,796 CPO sales a year ago. The Acura brand sold 285 CPO rides, up from 237 in July 2011. Year-to-date, there have been 13,210 Honda CPO sales and 2,257 Acura CPO sales.

Several other automakers shared their monthly certified results with Auto Remarketing Canada.

Here is a look at how they fared, starting with Mazda.

A relative newcomer to the CPO market, Mazda Canada sold 342 certified units in July. The company launched its certified program in Canada in March and has sold 1,354 CPO units so far this year.

As the program continues to grow, Bryan Leaitch — the manger of certified pre-owned — noted one way that the company is helping its dealers with challenges in the CPO market.

“As expected for this year and next year, our dealers are challenged with finding quality vehicles to be sold as CPO,” he said. “As a result, we have developed or enhanced other initiatives that can feed into our CPO program, such as a courtesy vehicle program and demo program.”

Next up, Audi Canada’s certified sales dipped 4.8 percent year-over-year and came in at 355 units. Year-to-date, CPO sales have climbed 6.8 percent and reached 2,538 units through seven months.

“While we are still early into the month, credit applications over the last two weeks are up over the same period last year, signaling the potential for a good August as well,” Jonathan Breton, Audi Canada’s manager of certified pre-owned and corporate sales, said earlier this week.

Volvo Canada sold 111 certified units in July, down 11.9 percent year-over-year. Year-to-date sales are up 16.5 percent with 743 CPO units moved.

“Volvo Canada’s competitive CPO program continues to attract buyers looking for a premium luxury vehicle experience with the peace of mind that comes with buying new,” says Emanuel Lichtinshtein, national fleet sales, CPO & remarketing manager.

Volkswagen Canada had its strongest July ever, moving 1,236 CPO units for a 15.8-percent year-over-year increase. Through seven months of 2012, it has sold 7,937 certified vehicles, up 19.9 percent over the year-ago period.

Toyota Canada moved 2,082 certified vehicles in July, compared to 2,104 in the same month of 2011. Year-to-date sales have reached 15,298 CPO units, compared to 13,991sales in the first seven months of 2011.

At Mercedes-Benz Canada, the Mercedes-Benz Pre-Owned division moved 1,149 units last month. Year-to-date CPO sales have reached 8,507 units for a 15.1-percent uptick.