WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

May represented a best-ever month for certified pre-owned sales, as dealers moved 207,371 CPO vehicles, beating year-ago figures by nearly 11 percent.

That’s according to numbers released Wednesday afternoon by Autodata Corp., which said May sales were “the highest ever” and beat April by 7.4 percent and eclipsed May 2013 by 10.9 percent.

What’s more, seven brands reported their respective strongest CPO months of all time, Autodata said. Those included Audi, Infiniti, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Mini and Nissan.

Additionally, the daily selling rate of 7,680 was the second strongest in history.                 

Through the first five months of 2014, there have been 952,234 certified sales, which is 10.6 percent ahead of the year-ago pace.