Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1996-C
                                                 Statement to Certificateholders
                                                 March 15 2000


        DISTRIBUTION IN DOLLARS
              ORIGINAL           PRIOR                                                                                CURRENT
               FACE             PRINCIPAL                                                  REALIZED   DEFERRED       PRINCIPAL
CLASS          VALUE             BALANCE        PRINCIPAL       INTEREST        TOTAL       LOSSES    INTEREST        BALANCE
                                                                                          
A1         225,000,000.00             0.00            0.00          0.00             0.00    0.00       0.00                0.00
A2         239,000,000.00             0.00            0.00          0.00             0.00    0.00       0.00                0.00
A3         324,000,000.00             0.00            0.00          0.00             0.00    0.00       0.00                0.00
A4         178,000,000.00   154,197,586.41   11,322,850.17    790,262.63    12,113,112.80    0.00       0.00      142,874,736.24
B1          30,938,845.63    12,166,013.02      362,237.72     63,364.65       425,602.37    0.00       0.00       11,803,775.30
TOTALS     996,938,845.63   166,363,599.43  11,685,087.890    853,627.28    12,538,715.17    0.00       0.00      154,678,511.54


    FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE                                                  PASS-THROUGH RATES
                 PRIOR                                                             CURRENT                   CURRENT
               PRINCIPAL                                                          PRINCIPAL                 PASS THRU
 CLASS          FACTOR        PRINCIPAL         INTEREST          TOTAL            FACTOR          CLASS      RATE
                                                                                       
A1             .00000000       .00000000       .00000000         .00000000         .00000000        A1      5.489000%
A2             .00000000       .00000000       .00000000         .00000000         .00000000        A2      5.750000%
A3             .00000000       .00000000       .00000000         .00000000         .00000000        A3      5.950000%
A4          866.27857534     63.61151781      4.43967770       68.05119551      802.66705753        A4      6.150000%
B1          393.22776181     11.70818473      2.04806122       13.75624595      381.51957708        B1      6.250000%
TOTALS      166.87442781     11.72096758       .85624839       12.57721597      155.15346023


IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS WITH THIS STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE
ADMINISTRATOR LISTED BELOW:

Kimberly Costa
The Chase Manhattan Bank - Structured Finance Services
450 W. 33rd Street, 14th Floor,
New York, New York 10001
Tel: (212) 946-3247
Email: kimberly.k.costa@chase.com



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                                                 STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

                                                                                                          
                                                                                   Due Period                                 39
                                                                                   Due Period Beginning Date            02/01/00
                                                                                   Due Period End Date                  02/29/00
                                                                                   Determination Date                   03/10/00

Section 5.8(iii)                        Servicing Fee                                                                 138,636.33
Section 5.8(iii)                        Servicing Fee per $1000                                                       0.13906202

Section 5.8(iv)                         Administration Fee                                                              1,000.00
Section 5.8(iv)                         Administration Fee per $1000                                                  0.00100307

Section 5.8(vi)                         Pool Balance at the end of the Collection Period                          154,678,511.54

Section 5.8(vii)                        Repurchase Amounts for Repurchased Receivable
                                        By Seller                                                                           0.00
                                        By Servicer                                                                   126,434.02
                                        TOTAL                                                                         126,434.02

Section 5.8(viii)                       Realized Net Losses for Collection Period                                      34,298.02

Section 5.8(ix)                         Reserve Account Balance after Disbursement                                  7,477,041.34

Section 5.8(x)                          Specified Reserve Account Balance                                           7,477,041.34

Section 5.8(xi)                         Total Distribution Amount                                                  12,940,129.51
                                        Servicing Fee                                                                 138,636.33
                                        Administration Fee                                                              1,000.00
                                        Noteholders Distribution Amount                                            12,113,112.80





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                                        Certficateholders Distribution Amount                                         425,602.37
                                        Deposit to Reserve Account                                                    261,778.01