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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             Current Report Pursuant
                          to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


         Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)   September 20, 1996


                        CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                                   California
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


       333-09343                                         33-0459135
(Commission File Number)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


  2 Ada, Suite 100, Irvine, California                                  92718
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)


                                 (714) 753-6800
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.  Other Events.

         The Registrant is filing final forms of the exhibits listed in Item
7(c) below.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)  Exhibits.


Exhibit
  No.             Document Description
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20.1              Computational Material



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.




                                         CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.,
                                         as Originator of the Trust (Registrant)



Dated:  September 20, 1996               By: /s/ Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
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                                             Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
                                             President


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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



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Exhibit No.          Document Description                           Page No.
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   20.1              Computational Material




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9/16/96                 Alex. Brown & Sons, Incorporated                09:25:11

                                  Deal: CPS96-2
                      Price/Yield Table: Tranche 1, Class A
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pricing Speed Run Settles Rules from Collateral WAM WAC - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.50 ABS at Issuance 9/27/96 SCRIPT WLOAN 54.0 20.6900 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class A Original Par Type Coupon Price - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tranche 1 $85,000,000 SEQ 6.5000 (FIXED) 99.94918 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Price in Steps of +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP +0 BP 1500 100000ths 1.5 ABS 0.5 ABS 1 ABS 1.25 ABS 1.75 ABS 2 ABS 2.5 ABS 3 ABS - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 99.76918 6.730 6.701 6.714 6.721 6.741 6.753 6.780 6.809 99.78418 6.721 6.693 6.706 6.713 6.731 6.742 6.768 6.795 99.79918 6.712 6.686 6.697 6.704 6.721 6.732 6.755 6.781 99.81418 6.703 6.679 6.689 6.696 6.711 6.721 6.743 6.766 99.82918 6.694 6.672 6.681 6.687 6.701 6.710 6.730 6.752 99.84418 6.684 6.664 6.673 6.678 6.691 6.700 6.718 6.738 99.85918 6.675 6.657 6.665 6.670 6.682 6.689 6.705 6.723 99.87418 6.666 6.650 6.657 6.661 6.672 6.678 6.693 6.709 99.88918 6.657 6.642 6.649 6.652 6.662 6.668 6.681 6.695 99.90418 6.648 6.635 6.641 6.644 6.652 6.657 6.668 6.680 99.91918 6.638 6.628 6.632 6.635 6.642 6.646 6.656 6.666 99.93418 6.629 6.621 6.624 6.627 6.632 6.636 6.643 6.652 99.94918(P) 6.620 6.613 6.616 6.618 6.622 6.625 6.631 6.637 99.96418 6.611 6.606 6.608 6.609 6.612 6.614 6.619 6.623 99.97918 6.602 6.599 6.600 6.601 6.603 6.604 6.606 6.609 99.99418 6.592 6.592 6.592 6.592 6.593 6.593 6.594 6.595 100.00918 6.583 6.584 6.584 6.584 6.583 6.582 6.581 6.580 100.02418 6.574 6.577 6.576 6.575 6.573 6.572 6.569 6.566 100.03918 6.565 6.570 6.568 6.566 6.563 6.561 6.557 6.552 100.05418 6.556 6.563 6.560 6.558 6.553 6.551 6.544 6.537 100.06918 6.547 6.555 6.552 6.549 6.543 6.540 6.532 6.523 100.08418 6.537 6.548 6.543 6.541 6.534 6.529 6.519 6.509 100.09918 6.528 6.541 6.535 6.532 6.524 6.519 6.507 6.495 100.11418 6.519 6.534 6.527 6.523 6.514 6.508 6.495 6.480 100.12918 6.510 6.526 6.519 6.515 6.504 6.497 6.482 6.466 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Average Life: 1.827 2.347 2.090 1.959 1.693 1.560 1.324 1.138 Exp. 1st Pay: 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 0.050 Exp. Maturity: 4.467 4.467 4.467 4.467 4.467 3.967 3.133 2.633 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional Information Available Upon Request This report is being furnished to you at your request and with the understanding that it is not part of the Prospectus and should not be relied on as the basis, either in whole or in part, for any investment decision. You should refer to the Prospectus for purposes of any investment decision. This report is not to be construed as a representation or as an offer or the solicitation of an offer by us to sell or buy any security. From time to time, this Firm and/or its directors, officers, employees, or members of their immediate families may have a long or short position in the securities mentioned in this report. Moreover, the securities mentioned in this report may be sold to or purchased from customers or otherwise by this Firm or its directors, officers, employees, or members of their immediate families, as principal.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Balance Interest Principal Cashflow =============================================================================================================================== 09/15/96 85,000,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/15/96 82,734,501.56 276,250.00 2,265,498.44 2,541,748.44 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/96 80,482,739.13 448,145.22 2,251,762.43 2,699,907.65 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/96 78,245,211.54 435,948.17 2,237,527.59 2,673,475.76 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15/97 76,022,430.74 423,828.23 2,222,780.80 2,646,609.03 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/15/97 73,814,922.10 411,788.17 2,207,508.64 2,619,296.81 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/97 71,623,224.73 399,830.83 2,191,697.37 2,591,528.20 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/15/97 69,447,891.78 387,959.13 2,175,332.95 2,563,292.09 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/15/97 67,289,490.78 376,176.08 2,158,401.00 2,534,577,08 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/15/97 65,148,603.96 364,484.74 2,140,886.82 2,505,371.56 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/15/97 63,025,828.60 352,888.27 2,122,775.35 2,475,663.63 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/15/97 60,921,777.38 341,389.90 2,104,051.22 2,445,441.13 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/15/97 58,837,078.70 329,992.96 2,084,698.68 2,414,691.64 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/15/97 56,772,377.08 318,700.84 2,064,701.62 2,383,402.47 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/97 54,728,333.50 307,517.04 2,044,043.58 2,351,560.62 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/97 52,705,625.80 296,445.14 2,022,707.70 2,319,152.84 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15/98 50,704,949.04 285,488.81 2,000,676.75 2,286,165.56 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/15/98 48,727,015.93 274,651.81 1,977,933.11 2,252,584.92 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/98 46,772,557.17 263,938.00 1,954,458.76 2,218,396.76 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/15/98 44,842,321.94 253,351.35 1,930,235.24 2,183,586.59 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/15/98 42,937,078.23 242,895.91 1,905,243.71 2,148,139.62 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/15/98 41,057,613.34 232,575.84 1,879,464.89 2,112,040.73 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/15/98 39,204,734.29 222,395.41 1,852,879.05 2,075,274.46 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/15/98 37,379,268.25 212,358.98 1,825,466.04 2,037,825.01 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/15/98 35,582,063.03 202,471.04 1,797,205.22 1,999,676.26 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/15/98 33,813,987.51 192,736.17 1,768,075.52 1,960,811.70 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/98 32,075,932.13 183,159.10 1,738,055.38 1,921,214.48 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/98 30,368,809.39 173,744.63 1,707,122.74 1,880,867.37 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15/99 28,693,554.32 164,497.72 1,675,255.07 1,839,752.79 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/15/99 27,051,125.00 155,423.42 1,642,429.32 1,797,852.74 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/99 25,442,503.08 146,526.93 1,608,621.92 1,755,148.85 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/15/99 23,868,694.29 137,813.56 1,573,808.79 1,711,622.35 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/15/99 22,330,729.00 129,288.76 1,537,965.29 1,667,254.05 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/15/99 20,829,662.77 120,958.12 1,501,066.23 1,622,024.35 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/15/99 19,366,576.88 112,827.34 1,463,085.89 1,575,913.23 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/15/99 17,942,578.95 104,902.29 1,423,997.93 1,528,900.22 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/15/99 16,558,803.49 97,188.97 1,383,775.46 1,480,964.43 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/15/99 15,216,412.51 89,693.52 1,342,390.97 1,432,084.49 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/99 13,916,596.15 82,422.23 1,299,816.36 1,382,238.59 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/99 12,660,573.28 75,381.56 1,256,022.88 1,331,404.44 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15/00 11,449,592.13 68,578.11 1,210,981.15 1,279,559.26 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/15/00 10,284,930.96 62,018.62 1,164,661.16 1,226,679.79 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/00 9,167,898.74 55,710.04 1,117,032.22 1,172,742.26 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04/15/00 8,099,835.79 49,659.45 1,068,062.95 1,117,722.41 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05/15/00 7,082,114.48 43,874.11 1,017,721.31 1,061,595.42 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 06/15/00 6,116,139.97 38,361.45 965,974.51 1,004,335.97 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 07/15/00 5,203,350.89 33,129.09 912,789.08 945,918.17 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/15/00 4,345,220.11 28,184.82 858,130.78 886,315.60 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09/15/00 3,543,255.46 23,536.61 801,964.64 825,501.25 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/15/00 2,799,000.55 19,192.63 744,254.92 763,447.55 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/15/00 2,114,035.48 15,161.25 684,965.07 700,126.32 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/15/00 1,489,977.71 11,451.03 624,057.77 635,508.79 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01/15/01 928,482.84 8,070.71 561,494.87 569,565.58 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02/15/01 431,245.47 5,029.28 497,237.38 502,266.66 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03/15/01 0.00 2,335.91 431,245.47 433,581.38 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional Information Available Upon Request This report is being furnished to you at your request and with the understanding that it is not part of the Prospectus and should not be relied on as the basis, either in whole or in part, for any investment decision. You should refer to the Prospectus for purposes of any investment decision. This report is not to be construed as a representation or as an offer or the solicitation of an offer by us to sell or buy any security. From time to time, this Firm and/or its directors, officers, employees, or members of their immediate families may have a long or short position in the securities mentioned in this report. Moreover, the securities mentioned in this report may be sold to or purchased from customers or otherwise by this Firm or its directors, officers, employees, or members of their immediate families, as principal.