Some 35% of vehicles backing Driver UK Master Compartment 5 have diesel engines; presale reports do not indicate the percentage that meet more stringent EU emission standards.
More than 83% of the vehicle-lease value in Ford Motor Credit's $1.1 billion lease securitization is tied into trucks, minivans and utility models.
The 24% concentration of 61-month or longer loans is American Honda Finance's lowest from its prime auto loan ABS shelf since late 2017.
GM Financial is front-loading the $1.2 billion deal with early maturities, according to presale reports; Hyundai Capital is also readying a $710 million transaction.
The three offerings launched Thursday add to the $3.9 billion of prime auto supply already issued this year by General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and CarMax.
The two latest transactions will push announced deal volume at or above $6 billion for the first two weeks of 2019.
Ford Motor Credit added a one-time seven-year revolving period to its previous open pool of auto loan receivables.
CarMax Superstores' first $1.2B-$1.5B prime loan securitization of 2019 has its lowest concentration to date of passenger vehicles in its nearly 20 years selling notes backed by receivables.
The collateral for GMCAR Trust 2019-1 features a higher weighted average borrower FICO than any prior GM Financial deal; it also sports a lower projected cumulative net losses from Fitch Ratings.
Loans with terms of more than five years represent around 65% of the pool of collateral, down from 67% and 68% for the two prior transaction – but still higher than exposure in 2017 and 2016 transactions.
American Honda Finance's fourth auto-loan securitization of the year also features borrowers with higher scores and larger loans.
VW Credit is also adding more Audi-brand vehicles to VALET 2018-2 compared to its earlier 2018 transaction that renewed a long-dormant ABS shelf.
S&P considers the $1.034 billion lease securitization among the "most diversified" in lease-end concentrations, limiting the impact of future declines in residual values as cars come off lease.
Toyota Motor Credit Co.'s fourth prime auto loan securitization of the year boosts its volume beyond $6 billion.
Even with advanced seasoning and lighter risk load, the bank's first auto-loan securitization of the year has much higher CE than a weaker 2017 pool.
Higher-cost loans, less seasoning and rising APRs have pushed average loan balances beyond $28K.
The transaction's note size is to be determined, but is backed by €750M in lease-backed receivables, compared to €1.5 billion in VW's most recent German lease ABS in May.
Over three-quarters of loans in the €861.3 million transaction are loans in which borrowers are scheduled to repay almost half the principal in its final installment.
The captive-finance lenders will be the leading issuers of U.S. auto lease-backed securitizations in 2017 at the close of their latest deals launched this week.
More than 88% of contracts in the $800 million transaction have terms of less than 40 months; Fitch points to the increased the use of subvention at Toyota dealerships.
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