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The third transaction for 2021 is largely secured by automobile contracts issued to subprime buyers of new and used automobiles and motorcycles.

Daimler AG’s subsidiary Mercendes-Benz Financial Services USA originated the closed-end vehicle leases.

ACC Trust 2021-1 is the issuer’s fifth transaction, and is backed by subprime auto leases extended directly to borrowers through its 68 owned dealerships

The current deal is the eighth retail auto lease securitization from the registered lease securitization platform, which was established in 2013.

Citigroup Global Markets is lead underwriter on the fourth issuance through Toyota’s ABS Green Bond program. The deal references two potential pools to be securitized.

A pool of subprime auto loans, new and used, and approved with a heavily automated, technology driven and multi-step process underpin a $559 million deal.

Carvana Auto Receivables Trust 2021-N2 is the used-car retailer's ninth securitization since 2019, and the third to include a pool exclusively made of non-prime loans.

This week, Moody’s Investors Service projected elevated credit-loss expectations for a new subprime auto-loan securitization from Veros Credit, even though the new deal has several improved credit metrics compared to the company’s prior ABS offering in March 2020.

If the lender's trust opts to upsize its second bond offering of 2021, the $2 billion-plus transaction would be Santander's biggest in the post-crisis era.

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But the rate for those loan-payment deferrals remains elevated over pre-pandemic levels.

Crédito Real targets borrowers with little or no credit history as well as bad credit, who are undocumented or were recently discharged from federal bankruptcies.

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Also launching deals last week were Santander Consumer USA and DriveTime Automotive Group, according to ratings agency presale reports.

The $1.15 billion CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2021-2 could potentially be upsized to $1.56 billion, according to presale reports from Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings. CarMax upsized its first deal of the year that priced in January.

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The $1.18 billion deal is also the first to include Tesla’s mid-range Model Y vehicle (with an MSRP of $54, 119) that makes up 36% of the securitized value of the TALT 2021-A pool, according to a presale report from Moody’s Investors Service.

Carvana will use proceeds to pay down existing debt and to fund general corporate purposes.

Almost 54% of the leases issued through Santander Consumer's Chrysler Capital unit are for terms beyond 36 months, the highest-ever share of extended-term contracts.