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Vets-Cars and Coastal Credit Partner to Provide U.S. Military Customers with Quality Vehicles, Loans & Extended Service Coverage

May 14, 2012
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EAST HADDAM - Vets-Cars Group, a dealer association focused on promoting a bond of trust and commerce between select dealers and military consumers, announced their new partnership with Coastal Credit, L.L.C. a solid, respectful new and used car lender to military and civilian consumers for more than 25 years.


The partnership, which is novel to the automobile industry, is the concept of Ben Hensley, VP of Sales at Coastal, and Sergeant Major Dave Francisco, USMC (ret), Director of Vets-Cars. “Our collaboration with Vets-Cars is unique and very exciting,” said Hensley, a United States Air Force veteran, “and, will enable us to provide our dealer customers a powerful level of value and commitment and position us to better serve those who serve.”

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Vets-Cars membership, which will include training on properly serving the military auto buyer, will be offered to all qualifying members of Coastal Credit’s vast dealer base. And, Vets-Shield Command Care extended vehicle coverage, a top quality exclusionary product administered by NAC, will be utilized as the preferred VSC on all auto loans made to enlisted military personnel.


As Francisco explained, “The Vets-Shield VSC Program was designed by me, Chris Walsh (Managing Partner for Vets-Cars Group), and fellow Marine Corps Sergeants Major. All of us had had experience with young Marines in our charge getting into trouble trying to buy a vehicle or getting talked into a service contract that was misrepresented and sold at an exorbitant price by some less-than-scrupulous dealer employee,” he said.


“With Vets-Shield, we are able to provide price-regulated, top quality exclusionary coverage that is administered by NAC, renowned for their integrity, professionalism and near flawless customer support within the automotive industry.”


“The concept of providing this level of start-to-finish services for military personnel – from quality vehicle to loan to extended coverage – is innovative, and we’re pleased to play an important role within this new partnership,” said Christina Schrank, Vice President of Marketing at NAC. 


“Our mission”, concluded Hensley, “Is, and always has been, to provide the highest level of service and quality of product to our dealers and their enlisted customers. This partnership will provide all involved new opportunities to grow and continue to ‘Do well by doing good’.”


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