http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/car loans http://jalopnik.com/tag/car loans Bloomberg's reporting General Motors plans to sell $500 million in unsecured bonds as it raises cash to increase lending to less creditworthy car buyers. I think we saw this happen once before. That didn't end so well either. More »
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The Financiapocalypse continues. We just received a copy of an e-mail that went out at GMAC, the lending arm jointly owned by GM and Cerberus, from Barbara Stokel, GMAC's EVP of North American Operations. Here's the most salient detail: you'll now need a minimum 700 credit bureau score to get a car loan at dealer invoice or below from GMAC. The full e-mail is below the jump to explain that news as well as the news they'll be restricting approval of contract terms beyond 60 months unless a buyer qualifies for GM-supported 72-month incentives. So what does this means to you? Well, unless you've got above average credit, it's going to become much more difficult to buy a new car. Frankly, that's probably a good thing for consumers. It's probably a bad thing for GM sales numbers. More »
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The Wall Street Journal reports this morning the super number one awesome best automaker from the land of the rising sun said it will set aside major reserves for its first quarter to cover losses from vehicle leases in the U.S. And with that, Toyota now follows Chrysler, GM and Ford into the land of plummeting used car values. More »
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Yeah, we just heard Chrysler Financial will no longer be offering auto leases. We're just as stunned as everyone else. Hit the jump for the full report and our analysis including what this means for Cerberus-owned GMAC. More »
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