Auto Loan Resources:

Help in obtaining a bad credit automobile loan

Auto loan payment calculators:
This one at cars.com is packed with features; this monthly loan payment calculator at autoloan.com is really simple.

Auto loan advice:
Better Auto Loans offers a checklist on how to get a better car loan. The NADA Guides site offers an entire section called Financing 101.

Auto fun:
We're still laughing at Dan Neil's List of 50 Worst Cars of All Time.

Used cars:
Lots of fun stuff at www.whybuyusedcars.com.

Best Cars Bad Credit

Top-rated research sites

We start with the standard plugs for the Web giants of the auto information world -- Edmunds.com, autos.yahoo.com, cars.com, autos.msn.com and Kelley Blue Book.

A newcomer to the field is U.S. News and World Report and its rankings and reviews section. For instance, here's the link to their profile of best small cars between $10,000 and $20,000.

Another newcomer of note is GetAuto.

And finally, the 800-pound gorilla of car shopping Web sites -- www.autotrader.com.

Loan Sites Of Note

Good credit or bad

This page at NOLO.com is the best single page we've ever found on credit repair.

This is the best advice we've ever seen on good credit car loans.

This is as simple a car loan process we've ever seen.

Here is the nation's most decorated car loan site, and here's an auto loan site that offers you the option of using your computer or using your phone.

This site caters to poor credit automobile financing, and this site specializes in really bad credit auto loans.