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Feb 02 2009 10:59am EDT

Auto Financing Datapoint of the Day

Alex Kellogg reports:

AutoNation Inc., the largest chain of auto dealers in the U.S., in December secured only 22 auto loans for car buyers from Chrysler Financial and nine from GMAC, down from 823 and 1,527 a year earlier, respectively.

Yes, I think that counts as a credit crunch.

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