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It should come as no surprise. Customers and consumers who visit the Santander Consumer USA blog are interested in some subjects more than others – such as Auto Finance and Car Shopping, Used Vehicles and New Vehicles. Those are the…

Credit score. It may be one of the most important numbers in your life – besides your blood pressure reading – because it helps determine the availability and cost of credit for vehicle and other purchases. The term itself might…

Know how much vehicle you can afford. It’s the key to buying a new vehicle while ensuring you don’t overextend your household finances, according to experts including Consumer Reports and Edmunds.com. Even using a car affordability calculator assumes that you…

Just because auto financing involves simple interest contracts doesn’t mean everyone understands them. And as a large auto lender with several million customers, Santander Consumer USA knows that many borrowers are confused by how simple interest contracts work. That confusion…

Am I in the right place? Visitors to the Santander Consumer USA (SC) website could be forgiven for wondering when they arrive the first time at the redesigned homepage. “The Road Ahead | Your Journey to Car Ownership” aims to…

New vehicle technology meant to improve driving safety and ease is changing fast, making it a challenge for drivers to keep up. How much of a challenge was revealed by a recent study. It showed a “really surprising” level of…