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First Response Car Finance - experiences?

kenh11 · 2012-09-15 17:54:14

Evening. I'm looking at getting a car through finance, and the garage uses 'First Response' who I've never heard of before. They are planning on calling me back on Monday to discuss the application, but reviews I've seen so far have varied wildly from extremely bad to very good. Has anybody here dealt with them or had car…

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SeanG79 Posts: 977 Forumite

18 September 2012 at 7:51AM

Motonovo and Carlyle are exactly the same company, it was a rebrand as opposed to a take over. It is still a division of First Rand Bank.

One of the reasons cited for the rebrand was possible confusion with a US based private equity firm the Carlyle Group. They were also looking to revitalise the brand.

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