AWARE is a national nonprofit organization

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

National Automobile Dealers Association

The National Automobile Dealers Association, founded in 1917, represents nearly 17,000 new-car and truck dealers, both domestic and international, with about 37,500 separate franchises...

 (NADA), the American Financial Services Association

American Financial Services Association

American Financial Services Association is a trade association for the U.S. consumer credit industry headquartered in Washington, D.C.. AFSA’s 350 members include consumer and commercial finance companies, vehicle finance/leasing companies, mortgage lenders, credit card issuers, industrial banks...

 (AFSA), the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), the American International Automobile Dealers Association

American International Automobile Dealers Association

The American International Automobile Dealers Association is a United States lobbying force dedicated to the economic and political interests of America's international nameplate automobile dealers...

, Ally Financial, American Honda Finance Corporation

Honda

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

, American Suzuki Financial Services

Suzuki

is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Hamamatsu, Japan that specializes in manufacturing compact automobiles and 4x4 vehicles, a full range of motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles , outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines...

, AutoNation

AutoNation

AutoNation, the largest auto retailer in the USA, was founded in 1996 by entrepreneur H. Wayne Huizenga, also founder of Blockbuster and Waste Management. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The current Chairman and CEO is Mike Jackson, former CEO of Mercedes Benz North America...

, Ford Motor Credit Company

Ford Motor Credit Company

Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford Motor Company, and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.Its business activities are concentrated primarily in the area of automobile loans in support of its parent company...

, Group 1 Automotive

Group 1 Automotive

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company, founded in 1997. It has its headquarters in the One Memorial City Plaza building in the Memorial City district of Houston, Texas....

, Inc., Lithia Motors

Lithia Motors

Lithia Motors, Inc. is automotive dealership network headquartered in Medford, Oregon, primarily serving the western United States. It is the seventh largest automotive retailer in the United States, and ranks as number 615 on the Fortune 1000 list of the largest companies in the U.S. for 2007...

, National Auto Finance Company, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation, Sonic Automotive

Sonic Automotive

Sonic Automotive, Inc. is a Fortune 300 company based in Charlotte, North Carolina and is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States. The company was founded by NASCAR track owner Bruton Smith....

 Inc., Toyota Financial Services

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 , Toyota Financial Services Corporation , which has overall responsibility for the...

, United Auto Group, Inc., and Wells Fargo Auto Finance

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

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