Car loans have been applied for and approved in record numbers every year since 1997. Statistics have shown that online car or truck financing has more than doubled every year between 1997 and 2007.
Staggering numbers the banks to contend with as they all run for the nearest hosting company. Whether or not you have a bad credit rating or a good credit rating getting your car loan online can have many advantages.
I will briefly list off these financing advantages on this page but if you are visiting only to research interest rates - click here to see our directory of car loan merchants.
Advantage number one: when getting your car loan online is convenience. Instead of taking up a good chunk of your day driving down to your local bank you can simply browse the Internet in the comfort of your own home. You can see a variety of different interest rates and financing options for your car loan in just minutes. You can apply for your loan in just seconds and many online finance companies will give the thumbs up or down in 10-15 minutes. So time is a factor that has to be emphasized when discussing an online car loan.
Advantage number two: when getting your car loan online is rapid comparison shopping. Imagine driving to twenty different banks in your state and setting up appointments with twenty different loan officers. Imagine how long all of that would take. You can easily go online and click on twenty different money lenders web sites in just half an hour. The gravity of this can't be overstated.
The Internet has revolutionized how we comparison shop for our car financing. In the past we were at the mercy of our local banker. What ever that bank or banker decided we could handle in the way of debt dictated our future. Not anymore folks. The traditional banks are now scrambling to compete with the new world of online car and truck financing. This brings us to my next advantage of online car financing.
Advantage number three: is increased financial competition. Yep...the traditional banks are running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to compete with the savvy new online financing companies. It looks good on 'em don't you agree. Now.....what this has created is competition like they never had before.
Now they have to offer reasonable interest rates at reasonable terms or they will be discarded at the click of a mouse. I believe that as time marches on the financial institutions that resist online car financing will be long gone out of business.
I'm not talking about banks simply having a web site up showing their interest rates and terms. I'm talking about online banks that approve loans in minutes. Now THAT is what people want.
Advantage number four: is pin pointing your car loan. For instance - if you temporarily have bad credit and you know that your interest rate and terms will be inflated to your disadvantage you can use the Internet to search for only banks and dealerships competing in bad credit car financing.
Due to advantage number three (competition) the bad credit lenders are throw into the fray with their pitch as well. The Internet is the great equalizer when it comes to fair car financing. Simply type in to Google or Yahoo the phrase bad credit car loans and you will see hundreds of thousands of web sites offering car financing to bad credit applicants.
I've watched over the last two years as these lenders loosen their criteria and offer car loans to bad credit applicants with interest rates and terms that are much more reasonable than in the past.
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