AWARE (Americans Well-informed on Automobile Retailing Economics) is a national
nonprofit organization
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that was formed in 2005 to enhance consumer understanding of the vehicle financing process.
Background
AWARE is focused exclusively on auto financing education for students and adults. It provides free educational resources (including curriculum, calculators and worksheets, and brochures and wallet cards in English and Spanish)
to K-12 educators and organizations interested in increasing consumer understanding of auto loans and leases.
AWARE is supported by the
National Automobile Dealers Association
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships, both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917, the organization is based in Tysons Corner, V ...
(NADA), the
(AFSA),
the
National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers
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(NAMAD), the
American International Automobile Dealers Association
The American International Automobile Dealers Association (sometimes abbreviated as AIADA) is a United States lobbying force dedicated to the economic and political interests of America's international nameplate automobile dealers. Headquartered ...
,
Ally Financial
Ally Financial is a bank holding company organized in Delaware and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. The company provides financial services including car finance, online banking via a direct bank, corporate lending, vehicle insurance, mor ...
,
American Honda Finance Corporation,
American Suzuki Financial Services,
AutoNation
AutoNation is an American automotive retailer based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which provides new and pre-owned vehicles and associated services in the United States. The company was founded by Wayne Huizenga in 1996, starting with twelve A ...
,
Ford Motor Credit Company
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, d/b/a Ford Credit, is the financial services arm of Ford Motor Company, and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.
The predominant share of Ford Credit's business consists of financing Ford and Lincoln vehicles an ...
,
Group 1 Automotive
Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is an international Fortune 300 automotive retailer with automotive dealerships and collision centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Group 1 sells new and used cars and light trucks, arranges financial s ...
, Inc.,
Lithia Motors
Lithia Motors, Inc. is an American nationwide automotive dealership group headquartered in Medford, Oregon. It is the third largest new vehicle automotive dealership group in the United States, after AutoNation and Penske Automotive Group. As of ...
,
National Auto Finance Company
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
,
Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation,
Sonic Automotive
Sonic Automotive is a Fortune 500 company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth largest automotive retailer in the United States as measured by total revenues. The company was founded by O Bruton Smith and completed its initial p ...
Inc.,
Toyota Financial Services
The business known as Toyota Financial Services covers more than 30 countries and regions, including Japan. Financial services operations are coordinated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation
is a Japanese multinationa ...
,
United Auto Group
Penske Automotive Group, Inc., headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is an international transportation services company that operates automotive and commercial truck dealerships principally in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe ...
, Inc., and
Wells Fargo Auto Finance.
About AWARE
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References
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External links
• AWARE (http://www.AutoFinancing101.org)
Organizations established in 2005
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.