CARY, N.C. -

Brand-by-brand certified pre-owned results for July began pouring in late last week, and the market looks promising so far.

With 6,734 CPO sales, Hyundai, for instance, had its best-ever July and the second-strongest month on record for certified, said Jose Froehlich, senior manager of certified pre-owned at Hyundai Motor America.

The July sum also represented a 14-percent year-over-year increase. Through seven months of 2013, Hyundai has sold 44,157 CPO rides for a 13-percent hike.

Volkswagen also reported its strongest July ever, with 8,114, a 21.9-percent improvement. Year-to-date figures have hit 57,860 CPO sales (up 15.3 percent year-over-year).

Kia pushed its certified sales up by nearly 83 percent, moving 3,197 units.  Year-to-date sales are at 18,663 units, a 79.6-percent year-over-year improvement.

Mazda’s sold 3,260 certified pre-owned vehicles in July, up from 2,345 a year ago. In seven months, it has posted 21,203 CPO sales, compared to 13,847 in the same period of 2012.

At Ford, its brands combined to sell 19,942 certified vehicles in July, pushing the year-to-date sum to 131,166 units.

There were 18,135 Ford/Mercury CPO sales in July (118,718 year-to-date) and 1,807 Lincoln CPO sales (12,448 year-to-date).

Audi pulled in 3,252 certified sales, up from 3,136 in July 2012. Year-to-date, the brand has recorded 22,437 CPO sales, against 21,475 certified sales in the year-ago period.

In its Mercedes-Benz Certified Pre-Owned program, Mercedes-Benz reported 7,976 sales last month, which was up 22 percent year-over-year. Through July, there have been 56,980 CPO sales for a 24-percent gain.

Stay tuned to Auto Remarketing for more complete coverage on the CPO market.

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