Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1997-A
                         Statement to Certificateholders
                                  June 15, 1999

                             DISTRIBUTION IN DOLLARS



              ORIGINAL            PRIOR                                                                             CURRENT
                FACE            PRINCIPAL                                                   REALIZED  DEFERRED     PRINCIPAL
  CLASS         VALUE            BALANCE        INTEREST        PRINCIPAL       TOTAL        LOSSES   INTEREST      BALANCE
                                                                                         
   A1       250,000,000.00             0.00          0.00            0.00            0.00     0.00      0.00               0.00
   A2       365,000,000.00             0.00          0.00            0.00            0.00     0.00      0.00               0.00
   A3       270,000,000.00   124,298,438.42    647,387.70   20,924,442.12   21,571,829.82     0.00      0.00     103,373,996.30
   A4       165,000,000.00   165,000,000.00    880,000.00            0.00      880,000.00     0.00      0.00     165,000,000.00
   A5        85,500,000.00    85,500,000.00    463,125.00            0.00      463,125.00     0.00      0.00      85,500,000.00
   B1        35,153,718.13    35,153,718.13    194,810.19            0.00      194,810.19     0.00      0.00      35,153,718.13
TOTALS    1,170,653,718.13   409,952,156.55  2,185,322.89   20,924,442.12   23,109,765.01     0.00      0.00     389,027,714.43


                 FACTOR INFORMATION PER $1000 OF ORIGINAL FACE



                                                                                             PASS-THROUGH
                                                                                                 RATES
               PRIOR                                             CURRENT                            CURRENT
             PRINCIPAL                                          PRINCIPAL                   CLASS  PASS-THRU
 CLASS        FACTOR      INTEREST  PRINCIPAL     TOTAL          FACTOR                               RATE
                                                                              
   A1         0.0000000   0.000000   0.000000    0.000000       0.0000000                     A1   5.545000 %
   A2         0.0000000   0.000000   0.000000    0.000000       0.0000000                     A2   5.950000 %
   A3       460.3645867   2.397732  77.497934   79.895666     382.8666530                     A3   6.250000 %
   A4     1,000.0000000   5.333333   0.000000    5.333333   1,000.0000000                     A4   6.400000 %
   A5     1,000.0000000   5.416667   0.000000    5.416667   1,000.0000000                     A5   6.500000 %
   B1     1,000.0000000   5.541667   0.000000    5.541667   1,000.0000000                     B1   6.650000 %
 TOTALS     350.1907953   1.866754  17.874152   19.740906     332.3166436


   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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                     Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust 1997-A
                                  June 15, 1999

                         STATEMENT TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

                                                   Due Period                27

                                    Due Period Beginning Date          05/01/99

                                          Due Period End Date          05/31/99

                                           Determination Date          06/10/99

 Section 5.8(iii)  Servicing Fee                                     341,626.80

 Section 5.8(iii)  Servicing Fee per $1000                             0.291826

 Section 5.8(iv)   Administration Fee                                  1,000.00

 Section 5.8(iv)   Administration Fee per $1000                        0.000854

 Section 5.8(vi)   Pool Balance at the end of the Collection
                   Period                                        389,027,714.43

 Section 5.8(vii)  Repurchase Amounts for Repurchased
                   Receivable

                                                    By Seller              0.00

                                                  By Servicer         79,213.95

                                                        TOTAL         79,213.95

 Section 5.8(viii)  Realized Net Losses for Collection Period        337,093.98

 Section 5.8(ix)    Reserve Account Balance after Disbursement    11,670,831.43

 Section 5.8(x)     Specified Reserve Account Balance             11,670,831.43

 Section 5.8(xi)    Total Distribution Amount                     23,563,728.87

                                                Servicing Fee        341,626.80

                                           Administration Fee          1,000.00

                              Noteholders Distribution Amount     22,914,954.82

                        Certficateholders Distribution Amount        194,810.19

                                   Deposit to Reserve Account        111,337.06


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