A narrowing yield spread and a remarkable recovery in approval rates pushed Dealertrack’s Credit Availability Index to 103.7 in May, improving by 7.3% year over year to reach its highest level since April 2022. +

Experian analysts say sales of full-size trucks, vans and sports cars pushed $1,000 monthly payments to nearly 19% of all auto loans in the first quarter. +

Dealertrack’s Credit Availability Index inched up to 102.4 in April, but analysts say subprime borrowers’ share of the market fell “sharply” after a March surge. +

TransUnion’s latest report finds the superprime and subprime credit tiers are growing, thinning the “middle” tiers while pressure rises for nonprime borrowers. +

A growing approval rate helped the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index improve to 102.4 in March, its highest reading since June 2022 and a 6% year-over-year increase. +

Dealertrack's Credit Availability Index climbed to 101.3 in February, a 6% year-over-year improvement, despite a lower overall approval rate and a widening yield spread. +

Experian reports subprime borrowers accounted for 15.3% of U.S. auto finance originations in the fourth quarter, claiming their largest share of the market since 2021. +

Dealertrack’s Credit Availability Index remained at 100 last month, reflecting offsetting indicators that include a lower approval rate and a growing share of subprime loans. +

The latest Digital Transformation Index shows a 4.6% decline in econtracting volume from the third quarter to the fourth but a 3.2% increase over the course of 2025. +

Dealertrack reports loan approval rates continue to trend upward as of the end of December, capping a year in which the availability of dealer-arranged financing improved by 3.6%. +