Car dealers
For almost 20 years, we've specialised in sub-prime car finance for dealers, whose customers have a thin or bad credit history. Our flexible underwriting approach enables us to finance those customers with bad credit, and cars that other lenders may not consider.
Find out moreBike dealers
Since 2004, we've financed various types of motorbikes, making us one of the longest standing and most experienced motor bike finance providers in the UK. We offer financing options to your customers for scooters, tourers, super sports and even electric motorbikes.
Find out moreVan dealers
We've specialised in financing vans for self-employed customers, such as couriers, builders, mobile hairdressers and others since 2004. We offer financing options for a wide range of vans to meet your customers' needs, and to help you and your van dealership boost sales.
Find out moreWhat our dealer partners say about us
“First Response Finance has always been our go to for a simple, quick, no stress deal.
Their ability to support us with our sub-prime deals, from 50cc scooters to 1000cc sports bikes with the minimum of input our end, means we can concentrate on dealing with the customer.
The team at First Response, are easy to use, and their industry knowledge makes it an easy decision for us.” -
Richard, – The Bike Shop Long Eaton
"Working with First Response Finance has been a refreshing change; they understand car finance dealers and the motor trade. Their flexibility when funding a car has been incredibly valuable in getting deals over the line.
As the market changes, it is even more important for car finance dealers, to have a finance partner who is flexible, adaptive, and who reacts to change in a positive way to enable deals to be done."
Jon Primett, Snodhurst Car Sales
Keep up to date with First Response Finance
Explore the latest finance updates for car finance dealers at First Response Finance, featuring tips, guides, fundraising insights, product announcements, and fun information for our dealer partners in the car, motorbike, and van industry on our blog page.
A guide to social media for dealers
So, you have social media accounts setup for your dealership, but remain frustrated because what you post never seems to get any comments, likes, or draw much business in.
How to become a car finance dealer
This guide aims to give you an in-depth overview of the benefits of offering car finance to your customers, and the benefits to your dealership by joining the other thousands of car finance dealers in the UK.
How to sell more vehicles on finance
One of the most common questions our dealers ask us is "how do I sell more vehicles on finance?".
The best car finance company for car finance dealerships
Many car finance dealers, bike finance dealers and van finance dealers may find their options limited when it comes to securing finance approvals for their sub-prime customers. At First Response Finance we’ve specialised in sub-prime finance for car dealers, bike dealers and van dealers for over 20 years; financing vehicles for customers with a thin credit file or bad credit history, that may have been declined by other lenders. Here you can find out more on what we can offer to car finance dealers, bike finance dealers, and van finance dealers.
“In the motor trade, we are usually focused on what we’re selling, how we’re going to sell it, and who we’re going to sell it to. It can be easy to forget, that we too are customers of the companies that we deal with. Customers generally don’t like being sold to; they want to be engaged with. If you’ve ever recorded anything on series link on your TV, do you watch the adverts or do you reach for the remote and fast forward through them? Be sure to check out our blogs page that includes guides for social media for car finance dealers, and tips on many other topics"
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