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Onyx Acceptance Reports Second Quarter Earnings

28 July 2000

Onyx Acceptance Reports Second Quarter Earnings

    FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. - Onyx Acceptance Corporation announced today its 
financial and operational results for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.  Net 
income and earnings per diluted share were $1.6 million and $0.25 respectively, 
compared to $2.4 million and $0.37 for the same period in 1999.  Total revenues 
increased by 7.0% to $24.3 million from $22.7 million in the second quarter of 
1999.  The reduction in net income and earnings per share was the result of an
increase in the loss reserve rate coupled with interest rate spread compression 
on contracts securitized in the second quarter.

    During the second quarter, the company issued $12 million in unsecured,
subordinated notes.  The notes pay interest quarterly at a coupon rate of
12 1/2% and were issued at a 4% discount to par without warrants.  Principal
on the notes is due at maturity in June 2006.  Net proceeds from the issuance
are being used for general corporate purposes and were used to pay down an
existing line of credit that Onyx used to finance residual interests from its
securitizations.

    The increase in revenues was principally due to the growth of the
Company's servicing portfolio and volume of contracts purchased resulting from
the continued development of business with its dealer relationships in new and
existing markets.  Service fee income increased 77% to $10.3 million for the
second quarter 2000 compared to $5.8 million for the same period in 1999.
Service fee income comprised 42.3% of total second quarter revenues, up from
25.6% during the second quarter of 1999.  The increase is due primarily to
higher amounts of contractual service fees, late fees and document fees
related to the growth in the servicing portfolio.  Contract purchases
increased by 16% to $434.1 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2000,
compared to $374.1 million for the same quarter in 1999.  The reduction in net
interest income was primarily due to the prefunded structure of the
securitization executed during the second quarter.  A prefunded securitization
reduces the time period that the contracts are held for sale, and as a result,
reduces the interest income earned on the related contracts.  A prefunded
structure allows the Company to mitigate its interest rate risk in a rising
rate environment by locking in the rate for future fixed rate contract
acquisitions.  Additionally, it permits the Company to time its
securitizations earlier in the quarter when transaction volumes are lower,
thus enabling the Company to take advantage of market conditions.  Higher
market interest rates and an increase in the loss reserve rate resulted in
lower net margins on the sale of contracts.  Management believes that the
increase in the loss reserve rate on its securitized contracts was warranted
given the inherent risk a rising interest rate environment has on credit
quality.  Onyx recorded a gain on sale of $14.0 million (3.1% of the issue
amount) on its second quarter securitization of $450 million, compared to a
gain of $14.5 million (4.1% of the issue amount) on $350 million of contracts
securitized during the same period of 1999.

    Total operating expenses as a percentage of average servicing portfolio
declined to 3.5% for the second quarter 2000, compared to 4.5% for the quarter
ended June 30, 1999.  Total delinquencies as a percentage of the period-end
servicing portfolio declined to 2.57% from 3.24% at year-end 1999, while
annualized net charge-offs as a percent of the average servicing portfolio
increased to 2.23% during the second quarter of 2000, from 1.71% for the same
period in 1999.  Off balance sheet reserves as a percentage of securitized
assets were 4.3% as of June 30, 2000.

    During the second quarter, the Company purchased approximately 891,000
shares of its Common Stock as  a part of its stock repurchase program
authorized by its Board of Directors in May.  The Company has expended
approximately $4.1 million of the authorized $7.5 million in connection with
this program.  Repurchases may continue from time to time at prevailing market
prices, through open market or unsolicited negotiated transactions, depending
upon market conditions.  The Company may discontinue purchases at any time
that management determines additional purchases are not warranted.

    Onyx Acceptance Corporation is a specialized automobile finance company
based in Foothill Ranch, CA.  Onyx provides financing to franchised and select
independent dealerships throughout the United States.

                 ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION


                                                 (UNAUDITED)     (AUDITED)

                                                   June 30,     December 31,
                                                     2000           1999
    ASSETS
      CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS                    $11,063,593     $5,190,271
      CONTRACTS HELD FOR SALE -
       Net of Allowance (1)                      235,500,653    229,991,667
      CREDIT ENHANCEMENT ASSETS                  121,065,478    142,883,970
      OTHER ASSETS                                12,987,818     15,769,202

        TOTAL ASSETS                            $380,617,542   $393,835,110


    LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
      LIABILITIES
       DEBT                                     $285,865,667   $298,167,249
       OTHER LIABILITIES                          42,483,313     42,559,837

         TOTAL LIABILITIES                       328,348,980    340,727,086

         TOTAL EQUITY                             52,268,562     53,108,024

         TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY           $380,617,542   $393,835,110

    (1)  Net of Unearned Discounts


                 ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                 (UNAUDITED)


                          Three Months Ended            Six Months Ended
                                June 30,                   June 30,
                            2000        1999          2000          1999
    REVENUES:

      Net Interest
       Income              $25,862    $2,391,960   $2,537,655    $3,923,129
      Gain on Sale
       of Contracts     13,988,845    14,469,784   26,745,499    26,797,368
      Service Fee
       Income           10,278,442     5,811,182   18,957,873    11,520,535

    Total Revenues      24,293,149    22,672,926   48,241,027    42,241,032


    EXPENSES:

      Provision for
       Credit Losses       284,893       249,068      718,457       748,982
      Operating
       Expenses         21,333,819    18,323,539   41,988,696    33,677,667

    Total Expenses      21,618,712    18,572,607   42,707,153    34,426,649

    NET INCOME BEFORE
     INCOME TAXES        2,674,437     4,100,319    5,533,874     7,814,383
    INCOME TAXES         1,109,800     1,701,633    2,296,460     3,242,969
    NET INCOME          $1,564,637    $2,398,686   $3,237,414    $4,571,414

    NET INCOME PER
     SHARE - BASIC           $0.26         $0.39        $0.53         $0.74
    NET INCOME PER
     SHARE - DILUTED         $0.25         $0.37        $0.51         $0.71
    BASIC SHARES
     OUTSTANDING         6,072,656     6,171,034    6,126,289     6,171,034
    DILUTED SHARES
     OUTSTANDING         6,224,764     6,512,022    6,287,141     6,463,234


                 ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION and SUBSIDIARIES
                          DELINQUENCY AND LOSS RATES
                                 (UNAUDITED)
                                (In Thousands)


                                June 30,                  December 31,
                                 2000                        1999

    Delinquency
     Experience            Number of                  Number of
                           Contracts      $           Contracts         $

    Servicing Portfolio    248,006    $2,500,207      209,745    $2,133,460


    Serviced Delinquency

       31 to 59 days         3,933       $37,600        3,963       $38,376
       60 to 89 days         1,440        14,097        1,671        16,596
       90 days or more       1,216        12,634        1,383        14,203

       Total                 6,589       $64,331        7,017       $69,175

    Delinquency as a
     percentage of
     number and amount
     of contracts            2.66%         2.57%        3.35%         3.24%


                             Three Months Ended          Six Months Ended
                                   June 30,                  June 30,
    Loss Experience           2000          1999         2000          1999

    Average Contracts
     Serviced
     during the
     period             $2,415,843    $1,629,129   $2,326,950    $1,532,269

    Gross Charge-offs      $15,895        $8,062      $30,950       $15,102

    Recoveries              $2,456        $1,108       $4,459        $1,927

    Net Charge-offs        $13,439        $6,954      $26,491       $13,175

    Net Charge-offs as
     a percentage
     of contracts
     outstanding during
     the period              2.23%         1.71%        2.28%         1.72%


                         Onyx Acceptance Corporation

     Static Pool Information for securitized pools outstanding for the period
              from the date of securitization through June 30, 2000


    Trust:              96-1       96-2    96-3     96-4      97-1     97-2

    Month
    1                  0.00%      0.01%   0.00%    0.00%     0.00%    0.00%
    2                  0.03%      0.07%   0.02%    0.02%     0.00%    0.00%
    3                  0.05%      0.20%   0.07%    0.05%     0.03%    0.02%
    4                  0.11%      0.33%   0.16%    0.14%     0.06%    0.07%
    5                  0.23%      0.46%   0.43%    0.24%     0.13%    0.22%
    6                  0.40%      0.78%   0.54%    0.38%     0.26%    0.32%
    7                  0.69%      0.98%   0.74%    0.53%     0.37%    0.59%
    8                  0.82%      1.15%   0.97%    0.81%     0.52%    0.80%
    9                  0.93%      1.39%   1.13%    0.98%     0.60%    0.91%
    10                 1.15%      1.52%   1.32%    1.18%     0.76%    1.07%
    11                 1.25%      1.69%   1.47%    1.43%     0.92%    1.26%
    12                 1.47%      1.94%   1.60%    1.63%     1.02%    1.42%
    13                 1.65%      2.08%   1.77%    1.73%     1.13%    1.58%
    14                 1.79%      2.34%   1.94%    1.87%     1.23%    1.68%
    15                 2.02%      2.52%   2.09%    2.07%     1.40%    1.80%
    16                 2.25%      2.76%   2.27%    2.23%     1.56%    1.97%
    17                 2.43%      2.89%   2.42%    2.33%     1.68%    2.10%
    18                 2.59%      3.10%   2.57%    2.49%     1.75%    2.23%
    19                 2.77%      3.14%   2.70%    2.62%     1.85%    2.35%
    20                 2.93%      3.30%   2.83%    2.73%     1.92%    2.48%
    21                 3.06%      3.47%   2.94%    2.84%     1.98%    2.59%
    22                 3.15%      3.60%   3.00%    2.93%     2.09%    2.72%
    23                 3.21%      3.70%   3.08%    3.02%     2.17%    2.81%
    24                 3.28%      3.81%   3.17%    3.10%     2.22%    2.85%
    25                 3.40%      3.93%   3.28%    3.22%     2.31%    2.93%
    26                 3.43%      4.06%   3.38%    3.29%     2.38%    2.96%
    27                 3.55%      4.13%   3.43%    3.39%     2.44%    3.09%
    28                 3.60%      4.22%   3.54%    3.46%     2.50%    3.17%
    29                 3.73%      4.23%   3.59%    3.58%     2.55%    3.22%
    30                 3.75%      4.29%   3.69%    3.61%     2.63%    3.26%
    31                 3.79%      4.31%   3.77%    3.64%     2.67%    3.33%
    32                 3.85%      4.33%   3.75%    3.72%     2.73%    3.39%
    33                 3.88%      4.37%   3.77%    3.74%     2.77%    3.48%
    34                 3.90%      4.39%   3.79%    3.77%     2.84%    3.51%
    35                 3.94%      4.39%   3.81%    3.79%     2.86%    3.54%
    36                 3.94%      4.42%   3.83%    3.81%     2.85%    3.54%
    37                 3.94%      4.42%   3.84%    3.83%     2.89%    3.56%
    38                 3.97%      4.43%   3.88%    3.85%     2.91%
    39                 3.99%      4.45%   3.92%    3.89%     2.96%
    40                 3.96%      4.46%   3.92%    3.89%     2.99%
    41                 3.96%      4.45%   3.92%    3.89%
    42                 3.95%      4.45%   3.91%    3.89%
    43                 3.96%      4.45%   3.91%    3.89%
    44                 3.94%      4.48%   3.91%
    45                 3.97%      4.49%   3.90%
    46                 3.95%      4.52%   3.89%
    47                 3.92%      4.51%
    48                 3.90%      4.49%
    49                 3.89%      4.47%
    50                 3.86%      4.46%
    51                 3.86%
    52                 3.84%
    53                 3.84%
    54                 3.83%



    Trust:              97-3       97-4    98-1     98-A      98-B     98-C

    Month
    1                  0.00%      0.00%   0.00%    0.00%     0.00%    0.00%
    2                  0.00%      0.00%   0.01%    0.01%     0.00%    0.02%
    3                  0.02%      0.01%   0.02%    0.03%     0.02%    0.02%
    4                  0.09%      0.04%   0.08%    0.07%     0.08%    0.04%
    5                  0.13%      0.11%   0.14%    0.14%     0.19%    0.15%
    6                  0.24%      0.20%   0.24%    0.23%     0.33%    0.27%
    7                  0.36%      0.28%   0.40%    0.37%     0.45%    0.46%
    8                  0.47%      0.43%   0.53%    0.42%     0.61%    0.57%
    9                  0.62%      0.55%   0.68%    0.51%     0.82%    0.74%
    10                 0.73%      0.72%   0.85%    0.70%     0.95%    0.94%
    11                 0.81%      0.87%   1.04%    0.85%     1.10%    1.12%
    12                 0.94%      0.95%   1.20%    1.01%     1.20%    1.30%
    13                 1.10%      1.08%   1.33%    1.17%     1.36%    1.54%
    14                 1.23%      1.19%   1.46%    1.37%     1.48%    1.73%
    15                 1.38%      1.36%   1.61%    1.48%     1.64%    1.90%
    16                 1.58%      1.42%   1.71%    1.59%     1.89%    2.10%
    17                 1.68%      1.52%   1.88%    1.76%     2.05%    2.28%
    18                 1.77%      1.64%   2.01%    1.96%     2.22%    2.51%
    19                 1.91%      1.75%   2.17%    2.07%     2.37%    2.71%
    20                 2.04%      1.85%   2.25%    2.25%     2.50%    2.83%
    21                 2.11%      1.97%   2.41%    2.37%     2.67%
    22                 2.20%      2.08%   2.52%    2.48%     2.79%
    23                 2.31%      2.12%   2.63%    2.65%
    24                 2.41%      2.23%   2.75%    2.76%
    25                 2.51%      2.36%   2.86%    2.81%
    26                 2.59%      2.41%   2.98%
    27                 2.71%      2.52%   3.06%
    28                 2.79%      2.55%   3.15%
    29                 2.92%      2.62%
    30                 2.94%      2.71%
    31                 3.01%      2.77%
    32                 3.04%
    33                 3.08%
    34                 3.11%



    Trust:              99-A       99-B    99-C     99-D      00-A     00-B

    Month
    1                  0.00%      0.00%   0.00%    0.00%     0.00%    0.00%
    2                  0.00%      0.00%   0.01%    0.00%     0.00%    0.00%
    3                  0.02%      0.03%   0.03%    0.01%     0.02%    0.02%
    4                  0.05%      0.07%   0.06%    0.04%     0.04%
    5                  0.11%      0.14%   0.16%    0.09%     0.11%
    6                  0.21%      0.27%   0.28%    0.15%
    7                  0.35%      0.43%   0.47%    0.24%
    8                  0.49%      0.60%   0.64%    0.43%
    9                  0.63%      0.85%   0.83%    0.59%
    10                 0.81%      1.07%   1.09%
    11                 1.04%      1.34%   1.31%
    12                 1.29%      1.56%
    13                 1.49%      1.79%
    14                 1.72%      1.90%
    15                 1.90%
    16                 2.10%
    17                 2.26%