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Credit is Vital to Your Auto Insurance Rate

Credit is Vital to Your Auto Insurance Rate

CLEVELAND, June 22 -- Consumers with good credit can expect to pay an average of $200 less for their auto insurance premium each year, reported Insurance.com today (http://www.insurance.com/). The company released the results of a study that showed a correlation between auto insurance premiums and credit score, indicat ... Continue reading

Chrysler Financial Employee Volunteers to Help The Other Side Arts by Fixing Up Aurora Arts Center

Chrysler Financial Employee Volunteers to Help The Other Side Arts by Fixing Up Aurora Arts Center

WHAT: The Chrysler Financial Denver Business Center employees will spend Thursday, June 22nd painting, repairing and renovating The Other Side Arts (TOSA) newest community arts center in Aurora, Colo. The 75 volunteers will paint classrooms and studios, lay hardwood flooring, perform outdoor cleanup and paint exteriors ... Continue reading

MINI Financial Services Offers MINI Motorists the Opportunity to Design a Credit Card In Their Own Car's Image

MINI Financial Services Offers MINI Motorists the Opportunity to Design a Credit Card In Their Own Car's Image

Configurable MINI Card Offers Motoring Rewards Program for Brand Enthusiasts WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., June 19 -- MINI Financial Services, a division of BMW Financial Services North America, will launch its MINI Card, a customizable VISA credit card that allows cardholders to design their own credit card image using a pate ... Continue reading

Don't Get Screwed - Used Car Expert Offers Valuable Buying Tips For Consumers

Don't Get Screwed - Used Car Expert Offers Valuable Buying Tips For Consumers

Avoid making common mistakes when shopping for a used car by being aware of the following used car-buying myths June 14, 2006 -- Jerry Christopher of http://www.usedcarwise.com offers these valuable insights before starting your search of a used or pre owned automobile. Drawing from 26 years of automotive industry expe ... Continue reading

Will Your Auto Insurance Weather the Storm?

Will Your Auto Insurance Weather the Storm?

Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and hailstorms can wreak havoc on policyholders’ pocketbooks ARLINGTON, VA., June 9, 2006 – The number of vehicle losses due to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, large hailstorms, firestorms and other severe storms nearly doubled in the five years between 2001 and 2005, according to ... Continue reading

Illinois Sees Dramatic Rise in Flood Damaged Cars Showing Up for Sale

Illinois Sees Dramatic Rise in Flood Damaged Cars Showing Up for Sale

Number of Cars with Flood Damage Nearly Doubled Since 2002; Illinois Consumers Need to be on the Lookout for Used Car Fraud CHICAGO, June 5 -- Carfax, the most trusted provider of vehicle history information, announced today that the number of flood damaged cars showing up for sale in Illinois has increased by 96% sinc ... Continue reading

Zarcone to Resign as Harley-Davidson Financial Services President and Chief Operating Officer

Zarcone to Resign as Harley-Davidson Financial Services President and Chief Operating Officer

MILWAUKEE, June 2 -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced today that Donna F. Zarcone will be resigning as President and Chief Operating Officer of Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc. (HDFS), effective August 1, 2006. Zarcone, 48, has decided to seek new entrepreneurial opportunities. She will work with the HDFS leader ... Continue reading

Ford Offers 0% Loans Plus Gas Credit

Ford Offers 0% Loans Plus Gas Credit

DETROIT, May 31, 2006; Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co. said today that it would offer zero-percent financing on almost all of its vehicles and give buyers $1,000 toward gas purchases as part of its most aggressive sales incentive program of the year. Ford said that as part of its "Drive on Us" discount program, wh ... Continue reading

RoadLoans Teams With XM Satellite Radio to Give Customers Freedom of Choice

RoadLoans Teams With XM Satellite Radio to Give Customers Freedom of Choice

Get an Auto Loan and a Free XM Satellite Radio From RoadLoans NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, May 31 -- RoadLoans(R) customers can now experience the freedom of listening choice that 6 million subscribers enjoy as the company teams with the nation's number one satellite radio provider, XM Satellite Radio. Starting today, ... Continue reading

Autoland Puts Point West Credit Union New Car-Buying Application

Autoland Puts Point West Credit Union New Car-Buying Application

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.--May 30, 2006--Autoland (www.autoland.com), the nation's oldest and most successful Credit Union auto-buying service, today announced that Point West Credit Union has become the first to deploy its new car-buying application. Point West Credit Union, based in Portland, Ore., seamlessly integrated A ... Continue reading

TGB Dealerships Offer Financing From GE

TGB Dealerships Offer Financing From GE

Cobra Powersports now offering Dealer Floor Planning for TGB Dealers. Kennesaw, GA May 30, 2006 -- Cobra Powersports, the U.S. Distributor for TGB scooters and ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) announced today that GE Capital Solutions now provides wholesale financing to authorized TGB dealers. Cobra Powersports sells and se ... Continue reading

Zipcar Secures $20 Million in Vehicle Financing From GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services

Zipcar Secures $20 Million in Vehicle Financing From GE Commercial Finance Fleet Services

One of the world's largest fleet financing companies partners with Zipcar to fuel car sharing industry leader's plans to ramp fleet size and expand to new markets CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 23 -- With market expansion and 100% growth over the last 12 months, Zipcar, North America's largest car sharing company, announced tod ... Continue reading

Manheim's Retail Financing Program for Independent Dealers Adds to List of Lenders

Manheim's Retail Financing Program for Independent Dealers Adds to List of Lenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sam Evans May 18, 2006 Manheim (615) 762-2904 MANHEIM'S RETAIL AUTO FINANCING PROGRAM FOR INDEPENDENT DEALERS ADDS TO LIST OF LENDERS ATLANTA - Manheim has announced the addition of Franklin Capital Corporation to the growing list of companies participating in Dealer Auto Funding Solution ... Continue reading

GMAC Opens Representative Insurance Office in China

GMAC Opens Representative Insurance Office in China

MIC subsidiary granted office as step toward initiating insurance operations DETROIT – GMAC’s Motors Insurance Corporation (MIC), a wholly owned subsidiary of GMAC Insurance Holdings, was given approval by the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to establish its representative office in Shanghai, C ... Continue reading

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