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                                                               EXHIBIT 4(e)(6)

                   FIFTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
                                       RE:
                          CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION
       SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 9.27% SENIOR NOTES DUE OCTOBER 1, 2001


                                                      Dated as of April 27, 2000
                                                Effective as of December 1, 1999

To the Noteholders listed on Annex I hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Credit Acceptance Corporation, a Michigan corporation (together with its
successors and assigns, the "Company"), hereby agrees with you as follows:

SECTION 1.     INTRODUCTORY MATTERS.

     1.1       DESCRIPTION OF OUTSTANDING NOTES. The Company currently has
outstanding its Second Amended and Restated 9.27% Senior Notes due October 1,
2001 (collectively, the "Notes") which it issued pursuant to the separate Note
Purchase Agreements, each dated as of March 25, 1997 (collectively, as amended
by the First Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12,
1997, the Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1, 1998,
the Third Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 13, 1999, and
the Fourth Amendment, dated as of December 1, 1999, the "Agreement"), entered
into by the Company with each of the original holders of the Notes listed on
Annex 1 thereto, respectively. Terms used herein but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement, as amended
hereby.

     1.2       PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT. The Company and you desire to amend the
Agreement as set forth in Section 2 hereof.

SECTION 2.     AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT.

     Pursuant to Section 10.5 of the Agreement, the Company hereby agrees with
you that the Agreement shall be amended by this Fifth Amendment to Note Purchase
Agreement (this "Fifth Amendment") in the following respect:

     2.1       SECTION 6.1(B). Clause (i) of Section 6.1(b) is hereby amended in
its entirety as follows:

                    (i) two hundred percent (200%) of Consolidated Tangible Net
               Worth at such time, provided that for purposes of this test,
               Consolidated Senior Funded Debt shall be calculated by including
               all


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               Debt incurred by a Special Purpose Subsidiary, whether or not
               included therein under GAAP, or

     2.2       SECTION 6.1(C). Section 6.1(c) is hereby amended in its entirety
as follows:
                    (C) SUBORDINATED FUNDED DEBT. The Company will not at any
               time permit Consolidated Subordinated Funded Debt to exceed one
               hundred fifty percent (150%) of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
               at such time, provided that for purposes of this test,
               Consolidated Subordinated Funded Debt shall be calculated by
               including all Debt incurred by a Special Purpose Subsidiary,
               whether or not included therein under GAAP.

     2.3       SECTION 9.1. The definition of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth in
Section 9.1 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below.

     CONSOLIDATED TANGIBLE NET WORTH -- means, at any time, the result of

               (a)  the shareholders' equity of the Company and its
                    Subsidiaries, minus

               (b)  the retained earnings of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
                    minus

               (c)  all Intangible Assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
                    minus

               (d)  without duplication, any excess servicing asset resulting
                    from the Transfer, pursuant to a Permitted Securitization,
                    of Advances, Leased Vehicles, Installment Contracts (whether
                    assigned outright or related to Advances) or Leases (whether
                    assigned outright or related to Leased Vehicles),

in each case as would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of such
Persons at such time. As used in this definition, "Consolidated Net Worth"
means, at any time, the amount of "consolidated total assets" less the amount of
"consolidated total liabilities", as each would be reflected on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such time, prepared in
accordance with GAAP.

SECTION 3.     MISCELLANEOUS

     3.1       COUNTERPARTS. This Fifth Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original, but all
together only one Fifth Amendment.

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     3.2       HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Fifth Amendment
are for purposes of convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the
meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

     3.3       GOVERNING LAW. This Fifth Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

     3.4       EFFECT OF AMENDMENT. Except as expressly provided herein (a) no
other terms and provisions of the Agreement shall be modified or changed by this
Fifth Amendment and (b) the terms and provisions of the Agreement, as amended by
this Fifth Amendment, shall continue in full force and effect. The Company
hereby acknowledges and reaffirms all of its obligations and duties under the
Agreement, as modified by this Fifth Amendment, and the Notes.

     3.5       REFERENCES TO THE AGREEMENT. Any and all notices, requests,
certificates and other instruments executed and delivered concurrently with or
after the execution of the Fifth Amendment may refer to the Agreement without
making specific reference to this Fifth Amendment but nevertheless all such
references shall be deemed to include, to the extent applicable, this Fifth
Amendment unless the context shall otherwise require.

     3.6       COMPLIANCE. The Company certifies that immediately before and
after giving effect to this Fifth Amendment, no Default or Event of Default
exists or would exist after giving effect hereto; provided that the Company is
not in compliance with the covenant contained in Section 6.3 before giving
effect to this Fifth Amendment.

     3.7       EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS. The amendments to the Agreement
contemplated by Section 2 hereof shall (in accordance with Section 10.5(a) of
the Agreement) become effective (retroactive to December 1, 1999), if at all, at
such time as the Company and the Required Holders of the Notes shall have
indicated their written consent to such amendments by executing and delivering
the applicable counterparts of this Fifth Amendment. It is understood that any
holder of Notes may withhold its consent for any reason, including, without
limitation, any failure of the Company to satisfy all of the following
conditions:

               (a) This Fifth Amendment shall have been executed and delivered
     by the Company and each of the Required Holders of the Notes.

               (b) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of an agreement,
     signed by the Company and the requisite holders of the Company's Second
     Amended and Restated 10.37% Senior Notes due November 1, 2001 issued under
     Note Purchase Agreements dated as of October 1, 1994, containing an
     amendment to such Note Purchase Agreements identical in substance to the
     amendment set forth in Section 2 hereof.

               (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of an agreement,
     signed by the Company and the requisite holders of the Company's Second
     Amended and Restated 9.49%


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     Senior Notes due July 1, 2001 issued under Note Purchase Agreements dated
     as of August 1, 1996, containing an amendment to such Note Purchase
     Agreements identical in substance to the amendment set forth in Section 2
     hereof.


               (d) The Company shall have paid the statement for reasonable fees
     and disbursements of Bingham Dana LLP, your special counsel, presented to
     the Company on or prior to the effective date of this Fifth Amendment.

     3.8       AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Company represents that the
Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date of the
effectiveness of this Fifth Amendment, is in the form attached as Attachment 1
hereto.

     3.9       FULL DISCLOSURE. The Company warrants and represents to you that,
as of the effective date hereof, none of the written statements, documents or
other written materials furnished by, or on behalf of, the Company to you in
connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Fifth Amendment
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein or herein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which they were made. There is no fact of which
any of the Company's executive officers has actual knowledge which the Company
has not disclosed to you which materially affects adversely or, so far as the
Company can now reasonably foresee, will materially affect adversely the
business, prospects, profits, Properties or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations set forth in the Agreement (after giving
effect to this Fifth Amendment) and the Notes.

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     If this Fifth Amendment is satisfactory to you, please sign the form of
acceptance on the enclosed counterpart of this letter and return the same to the
Company, whereupon this Fifth Amendment shall become binding between us in
accordance with its terms.

                                Very truly yours,

                                CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION

                                By /S/ BRETT A. ROBERTS
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                                   Name:  Brett A. Roberts
                                   Title: Co-President


   [Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement in respect of
    9.27% Senior Notes Due October 1, 2001 of Credit Acceptance Corporation]



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ACCEPTED:                          ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR AMERICAN PIONEER LIFE INSURANCE
                                   COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -----------------------------
                                           Name:  Kathy Lange
                                           Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE LIFE AND
                                   HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR FEDERATED RURAL ELECTRIC INSURANCE
                                   CORP.

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR TOWER LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager




   [Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement in respect of
    9.27% Senior Notes Due October 1, 2001 of Credit Acceptance Corporation]



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ACCEPTED:                          ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR MUTUAL PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR PHYSICIANS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                   VISTA 500

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager

                                   ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR UNITED TEACHERS ASSOCIATES
                                   INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager



   [Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement in respect of
    9.27% Senior Notes Due October 1, 2001 of Credit Acceptance Corporation]



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ACCEPTED:                          ASSET ALLOCATION & MANAGEMENT COMPANY AS
                                   AGENT FOR MEDICO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                                   By: /S/ K. LANGE
                                      -------------------------
                                       Name:  Kathy Lange
                                       Title: Portfolio Manager




   [Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement in respect of
    9.27% Senior Notes Due October 1, 2001 of Credit Acceptance Corporation]


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                                     ANNEX I
                 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 9.27% SENIOR NOTES
                               DUE OCTOBER 1, 2001

American Pioneer Life Insurance Company of New York
American Progressive Life and Health Insurance Company of New York
Federated Rural Electric Insurance Corp.
Tower Life Insurance Company
Physicians Life Insurance Company Vista 500
World Insurance Company
United Teachers Associates Insurance Company
Mutual Protective Insurance Company
Medico Life Insurance Company






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