WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -

Certified pre-owned sales for Asian and European brands both increased in the neighborhood of 2 percent in March, and five import brands reported best-ever CPO months.

According to Autodata Corp., Asian brands combined to move 101,466 CPO vehicles, which beat March 2014 sales by 2.0 percent. First-quarter sales were at 275,622 (up 5.3 percent year-over-year).

European CPO sales were up 1.7 percent for the month at 36,545, and quarterly CPO sales were up 12.3 percent at 105,472 units.

Reporting all-time highs among the import brands in March were Kia, Infiniti, Maserati, Nissan and Subaru, Autodata said.