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                                                                   EXHIBIT 4.1.8

                                 TRUST AGREEMENT

                                      among

                     ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
                                  as Depositor

                            BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
                                as Owner Trustee

                                       and

                            THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                                 as Trust Agent

                           Dated as of March 29, 2000

               ONYX ACCEPTANCE RESIDUAL FUNDING OWNER TRUST 2000-A

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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS..................................................................1
         Section 1.01   Capitalized Terms................................................1
         Section 1.02   Other Definitional Provisions....................................3
         Section 1.03   Usage of Terms...................................................3
         Section 1.04   Section References...............................................4
         Section 1.05   Accounting Terms.................................................4

ARTICLE II - ORGANIZATION................................................................4
         Section 2.01   Name.............................................................4
         Section 2.02   Office...........................................................4
         Section 2.03   Purposes and Powers..............................................4
         Section 2.04   Appointment of Owner Trustee.....................................5
         Section 2.05   Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate...............5
         Section 2.06   Declaration of Trust.............................................5
         Section 2.07   Title to Trust Estate............................................5
         Section 2.08   Situs of Trust...................................................6
         Section 2.09   Representations and Warranties of the Depositor..................6
         Section 2.10   Federal Income Tax Allocations...................................7

ARTICLE III - TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS...............................7
         Section 3.01   Initial Ownership................................................7
         Section 3.02   The Trust Certificates and the Notes.............................7
         Section 3.03   Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust
                        Certificates and Notes...........................................8
         Section 3.04   Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust
                        Certificates.....................................................8
         Section 3.05   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates..........9
         Section 3.06   Persons Deemed Holders...........................................9
         Section 3.07   Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses...................9
         Section 3.08   Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................10
         Section 3.09   Temporary Trust Certificates....................................10
         Section 3.10   Appointment of Paying Agent.....................................10
         Section 3.11   Restrictions on Transfer of Trust Certificates..................11

ARTICLE IV - ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE...................................................13
         Section 4.01   Prior Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters.........13
         Section 4.02   Action by Holders with Respect to Certain Matters...............13
         Section 4.03   Action by Holders with Respect to Bankruptcy....................14
         Section 4.04   Restrictions on Holders' Power..................................14
         Section 4.05   Majority Control................................................14

ARTICLE V - APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES..................................14
         Section 5.01   Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account...............14
         Section 5.02   Application of Trust Funds......................................14
         Section 5.03   Method of Payment...............................................15
         Section 5.04   No Segregation of Monies; No Interest...........................15
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         Section 5.05   Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Holders,
                        the Internal Revenue Service and Others.........................15
         Section 5.06   Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.......................15

ARTICLE VI - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT......................16
         Section 6.01   General Authority...............................................16
         Section 6.02   General Duties..................................................16
         Section 6.03   Action Upon Instruction.........................................16
         Section 6.04   No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
                        Instructions....................................................17
         Section 6.05   No Action Except Under Specified Documents or
                        Instructions....................................................18
         Section 6.06   Restrictions....................................................18

ARTICLE VII - CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT..........................18
         Section 7.01   Acceptance of Trusts and Duties.................................18
         Section 7.02   Furnishing of Documents.........................................20
         Section 7.03   Representations and Warranties..................................21
         Section 7.04   Reliance; Advice of Counsel.....................................22
         Section 7.05   Not Acting in Individual Capacity...............................22
         Section 7.06   Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Trust
                        Certificates, Notes or Underlying Certificates..................22
         Section 7.07   Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Trust
                        Certificates and Notes..........................................23

ARTICLE VIII - COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT........23
         Section 8.01   Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses...............................23
         Section 8.02   Indemnification.................................................23
         Section 8.03   Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent....................23

ARTICLE IX - TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT.............................................23
         Section 9.01   Termination of Trust Agreement..................................23

ARTICLE X - SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT..........24
         Section 10.01   Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee.....................24
         Section 10.02   Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee........................25
         Section 10.03   Successor Owner Trustee........................................25
         Section 10.04   Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee.......................26
         Section 10.05   Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee..................26
         Section 10.06   Appointment of Trust Agent.....................................26
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ARTICLE XI - MISCELLANEOUS..............................................................28
         Section 11.01   Supplements and Amendments.....................................28
         Section 11.02   Limitations on Rights of Others................................29
         Section 11.03   Notices........................................................29
         Section 11.04   Severability of Provisions.....................................29
         Section 11.05   Counterparts...................................................29
         Section 11.06   Successors and Assigns.........................................29
         Section 11.07   No Petition....................................................30
         Section 11.08   No Recourse....................................................30
         Section 11.09   Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid......................30
         Section 11.10   Headings.......................................................30
         Section 11.11   Governing Law..................................................30
         Section 11.12   Duties.........................................................30

                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit A - Form of Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B - Form of Trust Certificate
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     This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of March 29, 2000 is among ONYX ACCEPTANCE
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "DEPOSITOR"), BANKERS TRUST
(DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation, as owner trustee (the "OWNER
TRUSTEE"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a New York corporation, as agent of the
Owner Trustee for the limited purposes set forth herein (the "TRUST AGENT").

                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS

     Section 1.01 Capitalized Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, whenever used in this Agreement the following words and phrases,
unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

     "ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT" means the administration agreement, dated as of
March 29, 2000 among the Trust, the Depositor, the Indenture Trustee and Onyx,
as administrator.

     "ADMINISTRATOR" means the Person acting as "Administrator" under the
Administration Agreement.

     "AGREEMENT" means this Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended and
supplemented from time to time.

     "APPLICANTS" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.07.

     "BENEFIT PLAN" means (i) an employee benefit plan (as such term is defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA,
(ii) a plan described in Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code or (iii) any entity
whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan's investment in
the entity.

     "BUSINESS TRUST STATUTE" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code,
12 Del. C.ss.3801, et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

     "CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT" means the account established and
maintained as such pursuant to Section 5.01.

     "CERTIFICATE OF TRUST" means the Certificate of Trust filed for the Trust
pursuant to Section 3810(a) of the Business Trust Statute, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto.

     "CERTIFICATE REGISTER" and "CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR" mean the register
maintained and the registrar (or any successor thereto) appointed pursuant to
Section 3.04.

     "CLOSING DATE" means March 29, 2000.

     "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.

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     "COMMISSION" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

     "DEPOSITOR" means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation in its capacity as
depositor hereunder, and its successors.

     "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

     "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

     "HOLDER" means, the Person in whose name a Trust Certificate is registered
in the Certificate Register.

     "INDENTURE" means the indenture dated as of March 29, 2000 between the
Trust, as Issuer, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Indenture Trustee.

     "NOTES" means the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes, in each case issued
pursuant to the Indenture.

     "ONYX" means Onyx Acceptance Corporation, and its successors.

     "OWNER TRUSTEE" means Bankers Trust (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee under
this Agreement, and any successor Owner Trustee hereunder.

     "OWNER TRUSTEE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Owner
Trustee at which its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
initially shall be E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, 1011 Centre Road, Suite
200, Wilmington, Delaware 19805-1266, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Department, or such other office at such other address as the Owner Trustee may
designate from time to time by notice to the Holders of the Trust Certificates
and the Depositor.

     "PAYING AGENT" means the Trust Agent or any successor in interest thereto
or any other paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.10
and authorized by the Issuer to make payments to and distributions from the
Certificate Distribution Account.

     "PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means with respect to each Trust Certificate the
percentage portion of the Residual Interest evidenced thereby as stated on the
face of such Trust Certificate.

     "PERSON" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.

     "PROSPECTIVE OWNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).

     "RESIDUAL INTEREST" means the residual interest in the Trust, which
represents the right to receive the amount remaining, if any, after all prior
distributions have been made under the Indenture and this Agreement on each
Quarterly Payment Date and certain other rights to receive amounts under this
Agreement.

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     "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" means, with respect to the Owner Trustee, any officer
within the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office, and with respect to the Trust
Agent, any officer within the Trust Agent Office, including any Vice President,
assistant secretary or other officer or assistant officer of the Owner Trustee
or the Trust Agent, as the case may be, customarily performing functions similar
to those performed by the people who at such time shall be officers and has
direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement.

     "SALE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT" means the Sale and Assignment Agreement,
dated as of March 29, 2000 among the Trust, as Issuer, the Depositor, as Seller,
the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Agent as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time.

     "SECRETARY OF STATE" means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

     "SELLER" means Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, in its capacity as
seller under the Sale and Assignment Agreement, and its successors.

     "TREASURY REGULATIONS" means regulations, including proposed or temporary
regulations, promulgated under the Code. References herein to specific
provisions of proposed or temporary regulations shall include analogous
provisions of final Treasury Regulations or other successor Treasury
Regulations.

     "TRUST" means the trust established by this Agreement.

     "TRUST AGENT" means The Chase Manhattan Bank, a New York corporation, not
in its individual capacity but solely as agent of the Owner Trustee under this
Agreement, and any successor Trust Agent hereunder.

     "TRUST AGENT OFFICE" means the office of the Trust Agent at 450 West 33rd
Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10001-2697, Attention: Capital Markets
Fiduciary Services: Onyx Residual Funding 2000-A or such other office at such
other address as the Trust Agent may designate from time to time by notice to
the Holders of the Trust Certificates and the Depositor.

     "TRUST CERTIFICATE" means an instrument substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit B hereto and evidencing a Percentage Interest in the Residual
Interest.

     "TRUST ESTATE" means all right, title and interest of the Trust in and to
the property and rights assigned to the Trust pursuant to Article II of the Sale
and Assignment Agreement, all funds on deposit from time to time in the Trust
Accounts and all other property of the Trust from time to time, including any
rights of the Owner Trustee and the Trust pursuant to the Sale and Assignment
Agreement and the Administration Agreement.

     Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions. Capitalized terms used that are
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.

     Section 1.03 Usage of Terms. With respect to all terms in this Agreement,
the singular includes the plural and the plural the singular; words importing
any gender include the other genders; references to "writing" include printing,
typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form;
references to agreements and other contractual instruments include all

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amendments, modifications and supplements thereto or any changes therein entered
into in accordance with their respective terms and not prohibited by this
Agreement; references to Persons include their permitted successors and assigns;
and the term "including" means "including without limitation".

     Section 1.04 Section References. All section references, unless otherwise
indicated, shall be to Sections in this Agreement.

     Section 1.05 Accounting Terms. All accounting terms used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                  ORGANIZATION

     Section 2.01 Name. The Trust created hereby shall be known as Onyx
Acceptance Residual Funding Owner Trust 2000-A in which name the Owner Trustee
may conduct the activities of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other
instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued, and in which name the
Owner Trustee may perform its duties hereunder.

     Section 2.02 Office. The office of the Trust shall be in care of the Owner
Trustee at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in
Delaware as the Owner Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders or
the Depositor.

     Section 2.03 Purposes and Powers. The sole purpose of the Trust is to
conserve the Trust Estate and collect and disburse the periodic income therefrom
for the use and benefit of the Holders, and in furtherance of such purpose to
engage in the following ministerial activities:

         (i) to issue the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, to sell the Notes and
     to issue Trust Certificates pursuant to this Agreement;

         (ii) with the proceeds of the sale of the Notes, to purchase the
     Underlying Certificates, and to pay the organizational, start-up and
     transactional expenses of the Trust and to pay the balance to the Depositor
     pursuant to the Sale and Assignment Agreement;

         (iii) to assign, grant, transfer, pledge, mortgage and convey ("GRANT")
     the Trust Estate (excluding the Certificate Distribution Account) pursuant
     to the Indenture and to hold, manage and distribute to the Holders pursuant
     to this Agreement any portion of the Trust Estate released from the lien
     of, and remitted to the Trust pursuant to, the Indenture;

         (iv) to enter into and perform its obligations under the Basic
     Documents to which it is to be a party;

         (v) subject to compliance with the Basic Documents, to engage in such
     other activities as may be required in connection with conservation of the
     Trust Estate and the making of distributions to the Holders and the
     Noteholders; and

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         (vi) to engage in those activities, including entering into agreements,
     that are necessary to accomplish the foregoing or are incidental thereto or
     connected therewith.

The Trust is hereby authorized to engage in the foregoing activities. The Trust
shall not engage in any activity other than in connection with the foregoing or
other than as required or authorized by the terms of this Agreement or the Basic
Documents.

     Section 2.04 Appointment of Owner Trustee. The Depositor hereby appoints
the Owner Trustee as trustee of the Trust effective as of the date hereof, to
have all the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Business
Trust Statute, and the Owner Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. The Owner
Trustee is hereby authorized and directed to file the Certificate of Trust with
the Secretary of State.

     Section 2.05 Initial Capital Contribution of Owner Trust Estate. The
Depositor hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and sets over to the Owner
Trustee, as of the date hereof, the sum of $1.00. The Owner Trustee hereby
acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor, as of the date hereof, of the
foregoing contribution, which shall constitute the initial Trust Estate and
shall be deposited in the Certificate Distribution Account. The Depositor shall
pay organizational expenses of the Trust as they may arise or shall, upon the
request of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, promptly
reimburse the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, respectively, for any such
expenses paid by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable.

     Section 2.06 Declaration of Trust. The Owner Trustee hereby declares that
it will hold the Trust Estate in trust upon and subject to the conditions set
forth herein for the sole purpose of conserving the Trust Estate and collecting
and disbursing the periodic income therefrom for the use and benefit of the
Holders, subject to the obligations of the Trust under the Basic Documents. It
is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust constitute a business
trust under the Business Trust Statute and that this Agreement constitute the
governing instrument of such business trust. It is the intention of the parties
hereto that, solely for income and franchise tax purposes, on and after the
Closing Date, (A) the Trust shall be treated (i) at any time there is more than
one Holder of a Trust Certificate as a partnership, with the assets of the
partnership being the Underlying Certificates and other assets held by the Trust
and with the partners of the partnership being the Holders of the Trust
Certificates and (ii) at any time there is only one Holder of a Trust
Certificate as a disregarded entity, with the assets of the Trust being treated
as the assets of the Holder of the Trust Certificate, and (B) the Notes shall be
treated (i) as debt of the partnership in the case of clause (A)(i) and (ii) as
debt of the Holder of the Trust Certificate, in the case of clause (A)(ii). The
Trust shall not elect to be treated as an association under Section
301.7701-3(a) of the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury
for federal income tax purposes. The parties agree that, unless otherwise
required by appropriate tax authorities, the Trust will file or cause to be
filed annual or other necessary returns, reports and other forms consistent with
the characterization of the Trust as set forth above for such tax purposes.
Effective as of the date hereof, the Owner Trustee shall have all rights, powers
and duties set forth herein and in the Business Trust Statute for the sole
purpose and to the extent necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Trust as
set forth in Section 2.03.

     Section 2.07 Title to Trust Estate. Subject to the Indenture, legal title
to all the Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in the Trust as a separate
legal entity except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires title to
any part of the Trust Estate to be vested in a trustee or trustees, in which
case title shall be deemed to be vested in the Owner Trustee and/or a separate
trustee, as the case may be.

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     The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate. The
Holders shall be entitled to receive distributions with respect to their
undivided ownership interest therein only in accordance with Articles V and IX
of this Agreement. No transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right,
title or interest of the Holders to and in their ownership interest in the Trust
Estate shall operate to terminate this Agreement or the trusts hereunder or
entitle any transferee to an accounting or to the transfer to it of legal title
to any part of the Trust Estate.

     Section 2.08 Situs of Trust. The Trust will be located and administered in
the State of Delaware. All bank accounts maintained on behalf of the Trust shall
be located in the State of California, the State of Delaware or the State of New
York. The Trust shall not have any employees in any state other than Delaware;
provided, however, that nothing herein shall restrict or prohibit the Owner
Trustee from having employees within or without the State of Delaware. Payments
will be received by the Trust only in Delaware or New York and payments will be
made by the Trust only from Delaware or New York. The only office of the Trust
will be at the Owner Trustee Corporate Trust Office.

     Section 2.09 Representations and Warranties of the Depositor.

     (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants to the Owner Trustee that:

         (i) The Depositor is duly organized and validly existing as a
     corporation organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of
     the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and
     to conduct its business and had at all relevant times, and has, power,
     authority and legal right to acquire and own the Underlying Certificates.

         (ii) The Depositor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
     corporation in good standing and has obtained all necessary licenses and
     approvals in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property
     or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications.

         (iii) The Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver
     this Agreement and to carry out its terms; the Depositor has full power and
     authority to sell and assign the property to be sold and assigned to and
     deposited with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust as part of the
     Trust Estate and has duly authorized such sale and assignment and deposit
     with the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust by all necessary corporate
     action. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been
     duly authorized by the Depositor by all necessary corporate action. The
     Depositor has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this
     Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
     Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms.

         (iv) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not conflict with,
     result in the breach of any of the terms and provisions of, nor constitute
     (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default

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     under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Depositor, or any
     indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party
     or by which it is bound; nor result in the creation or imposition of any
     lien upon any of the properties of the Depositor pursuant to the terms of
     any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than pursuant to
     the Basic Documents); nor violate any law or any order, rule or regulation
     applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state
     regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental
     instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties.

         (v) There are no proceedings or investigations pending, or to the
     Depositor's best knowledge threatened, before any court, regulatory body,
     administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
     jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties: (A) asserting the
     invalidity of this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (B)
     seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
     by this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or (C) seeking any
     determination or ruling that might materially and adversely affect the
     performance by the Depositor of its obligations under, or the validity or
     enforceability of, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.

     Section 2.10 Federal Income Tax Allocations. If there is more than one
Holder of a Trust Certificate the provisions of this section shall apply. Net
income and net losses of the Trust for any month, as determined for federal
income tax purposes (and each item of income, gain, loss and deduction entering
into the computation thereof), shall be allocated among the Holders of Trust
Certificates in proportion to the Percentage Interest of the Residual Interest
of each Holder.

                                   ARTICLE III

                  TRUST CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

     Section 3.01 Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust by the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.05 and until the issuance of
the Trust Certificates, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficiary of the
Trust.

     Section 3.02 The Trust Certificates and the Notes.

     (a) The Trust Certificates shall not be issued with a principal amount. The
Trust Certificates shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee,
and authenticated by the Trust Agent by the manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized officer of the Trust Agent and shall be deemed to have been validly
issued when so executed and authenticated. Trust Certificates bearing the manual
or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such
signatures were affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent shall be validly issued by the Trust, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to be so authorized prior to the
execution, authentication and delivery of such Trust Certificates or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Trust Certificates. All Trust Certificates
shall be dated the date of their authentication.

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     (b) The Notes shall be executed by the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
by manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Owner Trustee,
and shall be authenticated as provided in the Indenture. Notes bearing the
manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was, at the time when such
signature was affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Owner Trustee shall
be deemed to have been validly executed by the Trust, notwithstanding that such
individual has ceased to be so authorized prior to the execution and delivery of
such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.

     Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Trust Certificates
and Notes. The Owner Trustee shall cause to be executed, authenticated and
delivered upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Underlying
Certificates and the other assets of the Trust, simultaneously with the sale,
assignment and transfer to the Trust of the Underlying Certificates, and such
other assets, (a) the Trust Certificates representing 100% of the Percentage
Interests of the Residual Interest, evidencing the entire ownership of the
Trust, and (b) Notes executed by the Trust in aggregate principal amount of, in
the case of the (i) Class A Notes, $49,000,000 and (ii) Class B Notes,
$10,000,000. The Trust Agent is hereby authorized to direct, on behalf of the
Trust, the Indenture Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes upon the
order of the Depositor. No Trust Certificate shall entitle its Holder to any
benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears
on such Trust Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form set forth in the form of Trust Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit B,
executed by the Trust Agent or another authenticating agent of the Owner
Trustee, by manual or facsimile signature, and such certificate upon any Trust
Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Trust
Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Upon issuance,
authorization and delivery pursuant to the terms hereof, the Trust Certificates
will be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement. All Trust Certificates shall
be dated the date of their authentication.

     Section 3.04 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Trust Certificates.

     (a) The Certificate Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, a Certificate
Register, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe. The
Certificate Register shall provide for the registration of Trust Certificates
and transfers and exchanges of Trust Certificates as provided herein. The Trust
Agent, as agent for the Trust, is hereby initially appointed Certificate
Registrar for the purpose of registering Trust Certificates and transfers and
exchanges of Trust Certificates as herein provided.

     (b) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Trust Certificate at
the office of the Certificate Registrar, the Owner Trustee shall execute,
authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its authenticating
agent, to authenticate and deliver), in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a
like Percentage Interest.

     (c) At the option of a Holder of a Trust Certificate, Trust Certificates
may be exchanged for other Trust Certificates in authorized denominations of a
like Percentage Interest, upon surrender of the Trust Certificates to be
exchanged at the office of the Certificate Registrar. Whenever any Trust
Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Owner Trustee on behalf of the
Trust shall execute, authenticate and deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent,
as its authenticating agent, to authenticate and deliver) the Trust Certificates
that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Trust
Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange

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shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Trust Agent and the Certificate Registrar and by a letter from the
prospective Holder, as required by Section 3.11(a).

     (d) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates, but the Owner Trustee or, on its behalf, the
Trust Agent, may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or
exchange of Trust Certificates.

     (e) All Trust Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, if surrendered to any agent of the Owner Trustee under this Agreement,
shall be delivered to the Trust Agent and promptly canceled by it, or, if
surrendered to the Trust Agent, shall be promptly canceled by it, and no Trust
Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by
any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Trust Agent shall dispose of
canceled Trust Certificates in accordance with the normal industry practice.

     Section 3.05 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Certificates. If
(a) any mutilated Trust Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar,
or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Certificate, and (b) there is delivered
to the Certificate Registrar and the Trust Agent such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice that such Trust Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and the Trust Agent, as
its authenticating agent, shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in
lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Certificate, a new
Trust Certificate of like tenor and Percentage Interest. In connection with the
issuance of any new Trust Certificate under this Section, the Owner Trustee or,
on its behalf, the Trust Agent, may require the payment by the Holder of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto. Any duplicate Trust Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the
Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, mutilated, stolen or
destroyed Trust Certificate shall be found at any time.

     Section 3.06 Persons Deemed Holders. Prior to due presentation of a Trust
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent,
the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any of their respective agents
may treat the Person in whose name any Trust Certificate is registered as the
owner of such Trust Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions
pursuant to Section 5.02 and for all other purposes whatsoever, and none of the
Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or
any of their respective agents shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

     Section 3.07 Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses. The Trust
Agent shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Depositor, within 15 days
after receipt by the Trust Agent of a written request therefor from the
Depositor, a list, in such form as the Depositor may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders as of the most recent Record Date. If one or
more Holders of Trust Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the
Percentage Interests of the Trust Certificates (hereinafter referred to as
"APPLICANTS"), apply in writing to the Trust Agent, and such application states
that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights hereunder or under the Trust Certificates and such application is
accompanied by a copy of the communication that such Applicants propose to
transmit, then the Trust Agent shall, within five Business Days after the
receipt of such application, afford such Applicants access, during normal

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business hours, to the current list of Holders. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Certificate, agrees with the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and
the Trust Agent that none of the Depositor, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent
shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as
to its name and address hereunder, regardless of the source from which such
information was derived.

     Section 3.08 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Trust Agent shall
maintain in the City of New York an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Trust Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trust Agent in respect of
the Trust Certificates and the Basic Documents may be served. The Trust Agent
hereby designates the office of The Chase Manhattan Bank at the address provided
under the definition of the term "TRUST AGENT OFFICE" as its office for such
purposes. The Trust Agent shall give prompt written notice to the Owner Trustee
and the Depositor of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or
any such office or agency.

     Section 3.09 Temporary Trust Certificates. Pending the preparation of
definitive Trust Certificates, the Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, may
execute, authenticate and deliver, temporary Trust Certificates that are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Trust
Certificates in lieu of which they are issued. If temporary Trust Certificates
are issued, the Depositor will cause definitive Trust Certificates to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Trust
Certificates, the temporary Trust Certificates shall be exchangeable for
definitive Trust Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Trust Certificates
at the office or agency to be maintained as provided in Section 3.08, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Trust Certificates, the Owner Trustee shall execute, authenticate and
deliver (or shall cause the Trust Agent, as its authenticating agent, to
authenticate and deliver) in exchange therefor a like Percentage Interest of
definitive Trust Certificates in authorized denominations. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Trust Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits hereunder as definitive Trust Certificates.

     Section 3.10 Appointment of Paying Agent. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, hereby appoints the Trust Agent as Paying Agent under this Agreement.
The Paying Agent shall make distributions to Holders from the Certificate
Distribution Account pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and shall report the
amounts of such distributions to the Owner Trustee. The Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Certificate Distribution Account
for the purpose of making the distributions referred to above. The Owner Trustee
on behalf of the Trust may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent if the
Owner Trustee is directed in writing to do so by the Administrator. Each Paying
Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice
to the Trust. In the event that the Trust Agent shall no longer be the Paying
Agent, the Administrator shall appoint a successor to act as Paying Agent (which
shall be a bank or trust company). The Administrator shall cause such successor
Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrator to
execute and deliver to the Trust an instrument in which such successor Paying
Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the Trust that, as Paying
Agent, such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all
sums, if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of
the Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The
Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Trust and upon removal of a
Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to
the Trust. The provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 8.01 and 8.02 shall
apply to the Trust

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Agent also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Trust Agent shall act
as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying agent
appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Agreement to the Paying Agent shall
include any co-paying agent unless the context requires otherwise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trust Agent and the Paying
Agent shall be the same entity as the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and
the Sale and Assignment Agreement.

     Section 3.11 Restrictions on Transfer of Trust Certificates.

     (a) Each prospective purchaser and any subsequent transferee of a Trust
Certificate (each, a "PROSPECTIVE OWNER"), other than the Depositor, by virtue
of its acceptance thereof, shall represent and warrant to the Owner Trustee, the
Trust Agent and the Certificate Registrar and any of their respective successors
that:

         (i) Such Person is (A) a "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" as defined in
     Rule 144A under the Securities Act, is aware that the seller of the Trust
     Certificates may be relying on the exemption from the registration
     requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A and is acquiring
     such Trust Certificate for its own account or for the account of one or
     more qualified institutional buyers for whom it is authorized to act, or
     (B) a Person involved in the organization or operation of the Trust or an
     affiliate of such Person within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 of the Investment
     Company Act of 1940, as amended (including, but not limited to, the
     Depositor and Onyx Acceptance Corporation).

         (ii) Such Person understands that the Trust Certificates have not been
     and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may be offered,
     sold, pledged or otherwise transferred only to a person whom the seller
     reasonably believes is (A) a qualified institutional buyer (as such term is
     defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (B) a Person involved in
     the organization or operation of the Trust or an affiliate of such Person,
     in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities
     Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of
     the United States.

         (iii) Such person understands that the Trust Certificates bear a legend
     to the following effect:

         "THE RESIDUAL INTEREST IN THE TRUST REPRESENTED BY THIS TRUST
         CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
         LAWS. THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE MAY BE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OFFERED OR
         SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (INCLUDING PLEDGED) BY THE HOLDER HEREOF
         ONLY TO (I) A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A
         UNDER THE ACT, IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND
         APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE
         REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A OR (II) A
         PERSON INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OR OPERATION OF THE TRUST OR AN
         AFFILIATE OF SUCH A PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 3a-7 OF THE
         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
         TO ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL CORPORATION AND ONYX ACCEPTANCE
         CORPORATION) IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT AND
         APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THAT IS EXEMPT FROM THE
         REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND SUCH LAWS. NO PERSON IS
         OBLIGATED TO REGISTER THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE UNDER THE ACT OR ANY STATE
         SECURITIES LAWS.

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         NO TRANSFER OF THIS TRUST CERTIFICATE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST
         THEREIN SHALL BE MADE TO ANY PERSON UNLESS THE OWNER TRUSTEE HAS
         RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE FROM THE TRANSFEREE TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH
         TRANSFEREE (I) IS NOT A PERSON WHICH IS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN, TRUST
         OR ACCOUNT SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME
         SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA") OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
         OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA SUBJECT TO
         ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW WHICH IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR
         TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (ANY SUCH PERSON BEING
         A "PLAN") AND (II) IS NOT AN ENTITY, INCLUDING AN INSURANCE COMPANY
         SEPARATE ACCOUNT OR GENERAL ACCOUNT, WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE
         PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY."

         (iv) Such Person shall comply with the provisions of Section 3.11(b),
     as applicable, relating to the ERISA restrictions with respect to the
     acceptance or acquisition of such Trust Certificates.

     (b) The Trust Certificates may not be acquired by or for the account of a
Benefit Plan. By accepting and holding a Trust Certificate, the Holder shall be
deemed to have represented and warranted that it is not a Benefit Plan.

     (c) The Trust Agent shall have no liability to the Issuer, any Holder, or
any other Person arising from a transfer of any Trust Certificate in reliance
upon a certification or representations, or an opinion described in this Section
3.11. Neither the Trust nor the Owner Trustee is obligated to register or
qualify the Trust Certificates under the Securities Act or any other securities
law.

     (d) Promptly after receipt, the Owner Trustee shall furnish to a requesting
Holder, or any Prospective Owner designated by such Holder, the information
required to be delivered to Holders and Prospective Owners of Trust Certificates
in connection with resales of the Trust Certificates to permit compliance with
Rule 144A of the Securities Act in connection with such resales. Such
information with respect to the Trust Certificates shall be provided to the
Owner Trustee as provided in the Indenture.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                            ACTIONS BY OWNER TRUSTEE

     Section 4.01 Prior Notice to Holders with Respect to Certain Matters.
Subject to the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, with respect to the
following matters, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall take any
action unless at least 30 days before the taking of such action, the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have notified the Holders in
writing of the proposed action and the Holders shall not have notified the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, in writing prior to the 30th day
after such notice is given that such Holders have withheld consent or provided
alternative direction:

     (a) the initiation of any claim or lawsuit by the Trust and the compromise
of any action, claim or lawsuit brought by or against the Trust;

     (b) the election by the Trust to file an amendment to the Certificate of
Trust (unless such amendment is required to be filed under the Business Trust
Statute);

     (c) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is required;

     (d) the amendment of the Indenture by a supplemental indenture in
circumstances where the consent of any Noteholder is not required and such
amendment materially adversely affects the interest of the Holders;

     (e) the amendment, change or modification of the Administration Agreement,
except to cure any ambiguity or to amend or supplement any provision in a manner
or add any provision that would not materially adversely affect the interests of
the Holders; or

     (f) the appointment pursuant to the Indenture of a successor Note
Registrar, paying agent for the Notes or Indenture Trustee or pursuant to this
Agreement or the Paying Agent, or the consent to the assignment by the Note
Registrar, paying agent for the Notes, Indenture Trustee or Paying Agent of its
obligations under the Indenture or this Agreement, as applicable.

     Section 4.02 Action by Holders with Respect to Certain Matters. Subject to
the provisions and limitations of Section 4.04, neither the Owner Trustee nor
the Trust Agent shall have the power, except upon the direction of the Holders,
to (a) remove the Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the Administration
Agreement, (b) appoint a successor Administrator pursuant to Section 8 of the
Administration Agreement, (c) except as expressly provided in the Basic
Documents, sell the Underlying Certificates after the termination of the
Indenture, (e) initiate any claim, suit or proceeding by the Trust or compromise
any claim, suit or proceeding brought by or against the Trust, (f) authorize the
merger or consolidation of the Trust with or into any other business trust or
entity (other than in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Indenture) or (g)
amend the Certificate of Trust. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may only
take the actions referred to in the preceding sentence upon written instructions
signed by the Holders.

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     Section 4.03 Action by Holders with Respect to Bankruptcy. Neither the
Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have the power to commence a voluntary
proceeding in bankruptcy relating to the Trust without the unanimous prior
approval of all Holders and the delivery to the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent, as applicable, by each such Holder of a certificate certifying that such
Holder reasonably believes that the Trust is insolvent.

     Section 4.04 Restrictions on Holders' Power. The Holders shall not direct
the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to take or to refrain from taking any
action if such action or inaction would be contrary to any obligation of the
Trust, or of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, under this
Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents or would be contrary to the
purpose of this Trust as set forth in Section 2.03, nor shall the Owner Trustee
or the Trust Agent be obligated to follow any such direction, if given.

     Section 4.05 Majority Control. Except as expressly provided herein, any
action that may be taken by the Holders under this Agreement may be taken by the
Holders evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual
Interest. Except as expressly provided herein, any written notice of the Holders
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be effective if signed by Holders
evidencing more than 50% of the Percentage Interest in the Residual Interest at
the time of the delivery of such notice.

                                    ARTICLE V

                   APPLICATION OF TRUST FUNDS; CERTAIN DUTIES

     Section 5.01 Establishment of Certificate Distribution Account. The Trust
Agent shall, for the benefit of the Holders, establish and maintain an account
denominated "CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT - RESIDUAL FUNDING OT 2000-A, THE
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, TRUST AGENT," which account shall be an Eligible Account
(the "CERTIFICATE DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT"). Funds shall be deposited in the
Certificate Distribution Account as provided in the Indenture.

     All of the right, title and interest of the Trust Agent in all funds on
deposit from time to time in the Certificate Distribution Account and in all
proceeds thereof shall be held for the benefit of the Holders and such other
persons entitled to distributions therefrom. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, the Certificate Distribution Account shall be under the sole
dominion and control of the Trust Agent, as agent of the Owner Trustee, for the
benefit of the Holders. The funds on deposit in the Certificate Distribution
Account shall remain uninvested.

     Section 5.02 Application of Trust Funds.

     (a) On each Payment Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the Owner Trustee,
shall direct the Paying Agent to distribute all amounts on deposit in the
Certificate Distribution Account to the Holders pro rata.

     (b) On each Payment Date, the Trust Agent, on behalf of the Owner Trustee,
shall cause the Paying Agent to send to each Holder the statement or statements
provided to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.07 of the Indenture with respect to such Payment Date.

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     (c) In the event that any withholding tax is imposed on the Trust's payment
(or allocations of income) to a Holder, such tax shall reduce the amount
otherwise distributable to the Holder in accordance with this Section. The Trust
Agent is hereby authorized and directed to retain from amounts otherwise
distributable to the Holders sufficient funds for the payment of any tax that is
legally owed by the Trust (but such authorization shall not prevent the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent from contesting any such tax in appropriate
proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending
the outcome of such proceedings). The amount of any withholding tax imposed with
respect to a Holder shall be treated as cash distributed to such Holder at the
time it is withheld by the Trust and remitted to the appropriate taxing
authority. If the Trust Agent receives written notice that there is a
possibility that withholding tax is payable with respect to a distribution, the
Trust Agent shall withhold such amounts in accordance with this paragraph (c).

     Section 5.03 Method of Payment. Subject to Section 9.01(c) respecting the
final payment upon retirement of each Trust Certificate or as otherwise agreed
between a Holder and the Trust Agent, distributions required to be made to each
Holder of record on the related Record Date shall be made by check mailed to
such Holder at the address of such Holder appearing in the Certificate Register,
in the amount to be distributed to such Holder pursuant to such Holder's Trust
Certificates or, if the Holder shall have timely notified the Trust Agent with
the proper instructions, by wire transfer.

     Section 5.04 No Segregation of Monies; No Interest. Subject to Sections
5.01 and 5.02, monies received by the Trust Agent hereunder need not be
segregated in any manner except to the extent required by law and may be
deposited under such general conditions as may be prescribed by law, and the
Trust Agent shall not be liable for any interest thereon.

     Section 5.05 Accounting and Reports to the Noteholders, Holders, the
Internal Revenue Service and Others. The Trust Agent shall (a) maintain (or
cause to be maintained) the books of the Trust on a calendar year basis and the
accrual method of accounting, (b) deliver to each Holder, as may be required by
the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be
required (including Schedule K-1, if applicable) to enable each Holder to
prepare its federal and state income tax returns, (c) file such tax returns
relating to the Trust (including a partnership information return, IRS Form
1065, if applicable) and make such elections as from time to time may be
required or appropriate under any applicable state or federal statute or any
rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Trust's characterization as
a partnership, if applicable, for federal income tax purposes, (d) cause such
tax returns to be signed in the manner required by law and (e) collect or cause
to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with
Section 5.02(c) with respect to income or distributions to Holders.

     Section 5.06 Signature on Returns; Tax Matters Partner.

     (a) The Owner Trustee shall sign on behalf of the Trust the tax returns of
the Trust, unless applicable law requires a Holder to sign such documents, in
which case such documents shall be signed by the Depositor, as long as the
Depositor holds a Trust Certificate, and otherwise the holder of the largest
Percentage Interest in the Trust Certificates shall sign such documents.

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     (b) The Depositor shall be designated the "tax matters partner" of the
Trust pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7)(A) of the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations to the extent a tax matter partner is required under the Code, as
long as the Depositor holds a Trust Certificate, and otherwise the Holder of the
largest Percentage Interest in the Trust Certificates shall be the "tax matters
partner".

                                   ARTICLE VI

              AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

     Section 6.01 General Authority. Subject to the provisions and limitations
of Sections 2.03 and 2.06, the Owner Trustee is authorized and directed to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Trust the Basic Documents to which the
Trust is to be a party and each certificate or other document attached as an
exhibit to or contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Trust is to be a
party and any amendment or other agreement, as evidenced conclusively by the
Owner Trustee's execution thereof. In addition to the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee is authorized, but shall not be obligated, to take all actions required
of the Trust pursuant to the Basic Documents. The Owner Trustee is further
authorized from time to time to take such action as the Administrator recommends
with respect to the Basic Documents.

     Section 6.02 General Duties. Subject to the provisions and limitations of
Sections 2.03 and 2.06;

     (a) it shall be the duty of the Owner Trustee to discharge (or cause to be
discharged through the Administrator or such agents as shall be appointed) all
of its responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other
Basic Documents to which the Trust is a party and to administer the Trust in the
interest of the Holders, subject to the Basic Documents and in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Owner
Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its duties and responsibilities
hereunder and under the other Basic Documents to the extent the Administrator or
the Trust Agent has agreed in the Administration Agreement or this Agreement,
respectively, to perform any act or to discharge any duty of the Owner Trustee
or the Trust hereunder or under any Basic Document, and the Owner Trustee shall
not be held liable for the default or failure of the Administrator or the Trust
Agent to carry out its obligations under the Administration Agreement or this
Agreement, respectively; and

     (b) it shall be the duty of the Trust Agent to discharge all of its
responsibilities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents to which the Trust and the Trust Agent are a party and to administer
the Trust in the interest of the Holders, subject to the Basic Documents and in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

     Section 6.03 Action Upon Instruction.

     (a) Subject to Article IV and Section 7.01(g) of this Agreement, in
accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents, the Holders may by written
instruction direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent in the management of the
Trust. Such direction may be exercised at any time by written instruction of the
Holders pursuant to Article IV.

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     (b) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to take
any action hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall have reasonably determined, or shall have
been advised by counsel, that such action is likely to result in liability on
the part of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, or is contrary
to the terms hereof or of any other Basic Document or is otherwise contrary to
law.

     (c) Whenever the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is unable to decide
between alternative courses of action permitted or required by the terms of this
Agreement or under any other Basic Document, the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent, as applicable, shall promptly give notice (in such form as shall be
appropriate under the circumstances) to the Holders requesting instruction as to
the course of action to be adopted, and to the extent the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent, as applicable, acts in good faith in accordance with any written
instruction of the Holders received, the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as
applicable, shall not be liable on account of such action to any Person. If the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall not have received appropriate instruction
within ten days of such notice (or within such shorter period of time as
reasonably may be specified in such notice or may be necessary under the
circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from
taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents, and shall have no liability to any Person for such action or
inaction.

     (d) In the event that the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent is unsure as to
the application of any provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document
or any such provision is ambiguous as to its application, or is, or appears to
be, in conflict with any other applicable provision, or in the event that this
Agreement permits any determination by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent or
is silent or is incomplete as to the course of action that the Owner Trustee is
required to take with respect to a particular set of facts, the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent may give notice (in such form as shall be appropriate under the
circumstances) to the Holders requesting instruction and, to the extent that the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, acts or refrains from acting in
good faith in accordance with any such instruction received, the Owner Trustee
or the Trust Agent, as applicable, shall not be liable, on account of such
action or inaction, to any Person. If the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent shall
not have received appropriate instruction within ten days of such notice (or
within such shorter period of time as reasonably may be specified in such notice
or may be necessary under the circumstances) it may, but shall be under no duty
to, take or refrain from taking such action not inconsistent with this Agreement
or the other Basic Documents, and shall have no liability to any Person for such
action or inaction.

     Section 6.04 No Duties Except as Specified in this Agreement or in
Instructions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any duty
or obligation to manage, make any payment with respect to, register, record,
sell, dispose of or otherwise deal with the Trust Estate, or to otherwise take
or refrain from taking any action under, or in connection with, any document
contemplated hereby to which the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as
applicable, is a party, except as expressly provided by the terms of this
Agreement or in any document or written instruction received by the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 6.03; and no
implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or any other
Basic Document against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent. Neither the Owner
Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any responsibility for filing any
financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to
otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien
granted to it hereunder or to prepare or file any Commission filing for the
Trust or to record this Agreement or any other Basic Document. Each of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust Agent nevertheless agrees that

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it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be
necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate that result
from actions by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, that are
not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate or the
Grant of any portion thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture.

     Section 6.05 No Action Except Under Specified Documents or Instructions.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall manage, control, use, sell,
dispose of or otherwise deal with any part of the Trust Estate except in
accordance with (i) the powers granted to and the authority conferred upon the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement,
(ii) the other Basic Documents and (iii) any document or instruction delivered
to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section
6.03.

     Section 6.06 Restrictions. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent
shall take any action (i) that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust
set forth in Section 2.03 or (ii) that, to the actual knowledge of the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, would result in the Trust's becoming
taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes. The Holders
shall not direct the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to take action that would
violate the provisions of this Section.

                                   ARTICLE VII

                CONCERNING THE OWNER TRUSTEE AND THE TRUST AGENT

     Section 7.01 Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. The Owner Trustee accepts the
trusts hereby created and agrees to perform its duties hereunder with respect to
such trusts but only upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic
Documents. The Trust Agent agrees to perform its duties hereunder upon the terms
of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. Neither the Owner Trustee nor
the Trust Agent shall be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Owner
Trustee or the Trust Agent and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, the Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent and conforming to the
requirements of this Agreement. Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent
agrees to disburse all monies actually received by it constituting part of the
Trust Estate upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.
Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be answerable or accountable
hereunder or under any other Basic Document under any circumstances, except (i)
for its own willful misconduct or negligence or (ii) in the case of the
inaccuracy of any representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03 expressly
made by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as the case may be. In particular,
but not by way of limitation (and subject to the exceptions set forth in the
preceding sentence):

     (a) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for any
error of judgment made by a Responsible Officer of the Owner Trustee or the
Trust Agent, respectively;

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     (b) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with this Agreement, the Basic Documents or the written direction of
the Administrator or any Holder;

     (c) no provision of this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall
require the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent to expend or risk funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights
or powers hereunder or under any other Basic Document if the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of
such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured or provided to it;

     (d) under no circumstances shall the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent be
liable for indebtedness evidenced by or arising under any of the Basic
Documents, including the principal of and interest on the Notes;

     (e) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be responsible for
or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or for the due
execution hereof by the Depositor or for the form, character, genuineness,
sufficiency, value or validity of any of the Trust Estate, or for or in respect
of the validity or sufficiency of the Basic Documents, other than the
certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates, and neither the Owner
Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall assume or incur any liability, duty or
obligation to any Noteholder or to any Holder, other than as expressly provided
for herein or expressly agreed to in the other Basic Documents;

     (f) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for the
default or misconduct of the Administrator, the Depositor or the Indenture
Trustee under any of the Basic Documents or otherwise and neither the Owner
Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have any obligation or liability to perform
the obligations of the Trust under this Agreement or the other Basic Documents
that are required to be performed by the Administrator under the Administration
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or the Depositor under the
Sale and Assignment Agreement;

     (g) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be under any
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this
Agreement or otherwise or in relation to this Agreement or any other Basic
Document, at the request, order or direction of the Holders, unless such Holders
have offered to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, security or
indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that
may be incurred by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, as applicable, therein
or thereby; the right of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent to perform any
discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement or in any other Basic Document
shall not be construed as a duty, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust
Agent shall be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in
the performance of any such act;

     (h) anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event
shall the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent be liable for special, indirect or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited
to lost profit), even if the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent has been advised of
the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

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     (i) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to take
notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of any default or any Event of
Default under any of the Basic Documents unless a Responsible Officer of the
Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent, respectively, shall have received written
notice thereof. In the absence of receipt of such notice, the Owner Trustee and
Trust Agent may conclusively assume that there is no default or Event of
Default;

     (j) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, opinion of
counsel, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;

     (k) each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may consult with counsel
and any advice or opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion of
counsel;

     (l) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent,
order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to
do so by the Administrator or Holders; provided, however, that if the payment
within a reasonable time to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, of
the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of
such investigation is, in the opinion of the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as
applicable, not reasonably assured to it by the security afforded to them by the
terms of this Agreement, the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, may
require reasonable indemnity against such cost, expense or liability as a
condition to taking any such action;

     (m) neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be required to give
any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the Trust created hereby or
the powers granted hereunder; and

     (n) each of the Owner Trustee and Trust Agent may execute any of their
respective trusts or powers hereunder or perform any of their respective duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys or custodians, and
neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney or custodian
appointed by the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent, as applicable, with due care.

     Section 7.02 Furnishing of Documents. The Owner Trustee shall furnish to
the Trust Agent duplicates or copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands,
certificates, financial statements and any other instruments furnished to the
Owner Trustee under the Basic Documents. The Trust Agent shall furnish to the
Holders promptly upon receipt of a written request therefor, duplicates or
copies of all reports, notices, requests, demands, certificates, financial
statements and any other instruments furnished to the Trust Agent under the
Basic Documents or furnished to the Trust Agent as provided in the preceding
sentence.

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     Section 7.03 Representations and Warranties.

     (a) The Owner Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and
the Holders:

         (i) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
     good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has all requisite
     corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
     obligations under this Agreement.

         (ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
     execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
     executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
     execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

         (iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement,
     nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor
     compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene
     any federal or Delaware law, governmental rule or regulation governing the
     banking or trust powers of the Owner Trustee or any judgment or order
     binding on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or
     bylaws or, to its actual knowledge, any indenture, mortgage, contract,
     agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of its
     properties may be bound or result in the creation or imposition of any
     lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust Estate resulting from actions by
     or claims against the Owner Trustee individually which are unrelated to
     this Agreement or the other Basic Documents.

     (b) The Trust Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor and the
Holders:

         (i) It is a banking corporation duly organized and validly existing in
     good standing under the laws of the State of New York. It has all requisite
     corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its
     obligations under this Agreement.

         (ii) It has taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the
     execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, and this Agreement will be
     executed and delivered by one of its officers who is duly authorized to
     execute and deliver this Agreement on its behalf.

         (iii) Neither the execution nor the delivery by it of this Agreement,
     nor the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby nor
     compliance by it with any of the terms or provisions hereof will contravene
     any federal or New York law, governmental rule or regulation governing the
     banking or trust powers of the Trust Agent or any judgment or order binding
     on it, or constitute any default under its charter documents or bylaws or
     any indenture, mortgage, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a
     party or by which any of its properties may be bound or result in the
     creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on the Trust
     Estate resulting from actions by or claims against the Trust Agent
     individually which are unrelated to this Agreement or the other Basic
     Documents.

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     Section 7.04 Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

     (a) Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall incur liability to
anyone in acting upon any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request,
consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper
believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party
or parties. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may accept a certified copy of
a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate
party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such
body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the
method of determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the
Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent may for all purposes hereof rely on a
certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer
or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter
and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Owner Trustee or
the Trust Agent, as applicable, for any action taken or omitted to be taken by
it in good faith in reliance thereon.

     (b) In the exercise or administration of the trusts hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement or the other
Basic Documents, the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent each (i) may act directly
or through its agents or attorneys pursuant to agreements entered into with any
of them, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall be liable for
the conduct or misconduct of such agents or attorneys if such agents or
attorneys shall have been selected by the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent with
reasonable care, and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other
skilled persons to be selected with reasonable care and employed by it at the
sole expense of the Depositor. Neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent
shall be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in
accordance with the written opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountants
or other such persons and not contrary to this Agreement or any other Basic
Document.

     Section 7.05 Not Acting in Individual Capacity. Except as otherwise
provided in this Article VII in accepting the trusts hereby created, Bankers
Trust (Delaware) acts solely as Owner Trustee hereunder and not in its
individual capacity, and The Chase Manhattan Bank acts solely as Trust Agent
hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim
against the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent by reason of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Basic Document shall look only to
the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof.

     Section 7.06 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent Not Liable for Trust
Certificates, Notes or Underlying Certificates. The recitals contained herein
and in the Trust Certificates (other than the respective signatures of the Owner
Trustee and the Trust Agent, and, in the case of the Trust Agent, the
certificate of authentication on the Trust Certificates) shall be taken as the
statements of the Depositor, and neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent
assumes responsibility for the correctness thereof. Neither the Owner Trustee
nor the Trust Agent makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Agreement, any other Basic Document or the Trust Certificates (other
than the respective signatures of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, and, in
the case of the Trust Agent, the certificate of authentication on the Trust
Certificates) or the Notes, or of any related documents. The Owner Trustee and
the Trust Agent shall at no time have any responsibility or liability for or
with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Estate or its ability to generate
the payments to be distributed to Holders under this Agreement or the
Noteholders under the Indenture, including, without limitation, the validity of
the assignment of any Underlying Certificate to the Trust or of any intervening
assignment; the compliance by the Depositor with any warranty or representation
made under any Basic Document or in any related document or the accuracy of any

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such warranty or representation; or any action of the Administrator or the
Indenture Trustee taken in the name of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent.

     Section 7.07 Owner Trustee and Trust Agent May Own Trust Certificates and
Notes. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, each in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Certificates or Notes
and may deal with the Depositor, the Administrator and the Indenture Trustee in
banking transactions with the same rights as it would have if it were not Owner
Trustee or Trust Agent, as the case may be.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

        COMPENSATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

     Section 8.01 Owner Trustee's Fees and Expenses. The Owner Trustee and the
Trust Agent shall receive as compensation for their respective services
hereunder such fees as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof
between the Administrator and the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent,
respectively, and the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall be entitled to be
reimbursed by the Administrator for other reasonable expenses hereunder,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such
agents, representatives, experts and counsel as the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights
and its duties hereunder.

     Section 8.02 Indemnification. The Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent shall
be entitled to indemnification as provided in the Administration Agreement.

     Section 8.03 Payments to the Owner Trustee or Trust Agent. Any amounts paid
to the Owner Trustee or the Trust Agent pursuant to this Article shall be deemed
not to be a part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                         TERMINATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT

     Section 9.01 Termination of Trust Agreement.

     (a) This Agreement (other than Article VIII) and the Trust shall terminate
and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of (i) final distribution
of all monies or other property or proceeds of the Trust Estate in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and Article V of this Agreement and (ii) the
expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of
Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St.
James's, living on the date hereof. The bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution,
death or incapacity of any Holder shall not (i) operate to terminate this
Agreement or the Trust, (ii) entitle such Holder's legal representatives or
heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court
for a partition or winding up of all or any part of the Trust or Trust Estate or
(iii) otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties
hereto.

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     (b) Except as provided in Section 9.01(a), neither the Depositor nor any
Holder shall be entitled to revoke or terminate the Trust.

     (c) Notice of any termination of the Trust, specifying the Quarterly
Payment Date upon which Holders shall surrender their Trust Certificates to the
Paying Agent for payment of the final distribution and cancellation, shall be
given by the Trust Agent by letter to Holders mailed within five Business Days
of receipt of notice of such termination from the Seller given pursuant to
Article IV of the Sale and Assignment Agreement, stating (i) the Payment Date
upon or with respect to which final payment of the Trust Certificates shall be
made upon presentation and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office of
the Paying Agent in the City of New York therein designated, (ii) the amount of
any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to
such Payment Date is not applicable, payments being made only upon presentation
and surrender of the Trust Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent
therein specified. The Trust Agent shall give such notice to the Certificate
Registrar (if other than the Trust Agent) and the Paying Agent (if other than
the Trust Agent) at the time such notice is given to Holders. Upon presentation
and surrender of the Certificates, the Paying Agent shall cause to be
distributed to Holders amounts distributable on such Payment Date pursuant to
Section 5.02.

     (d) In the event that all of the Holders shall not surrender their Trust
Certificates for cancellation within six months after the date specified in the
above-mentioned written notice, the Trust Agent shall give a second written
notice to the remaining Holders to surrender their Trust Certificates for
cancellation and receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within
one year after the second notice all the Trust Certificates shall not have been
surrendered for cancellation, the Trust Agent may take appropriate steps, or may
appoint an agent to take appropriate steps, to contact the remaining Holders
concerning surrender of their Trust Certificates, and the cost thereof shall be
paid out of the funds and other assets that shall remain subject to this
Agreement. Any funds remaining in the Trust after exhaustion of such remedies
shall be distributed by the Trust Agent to the Depositor.

     (e) Upon the winding up of the Trust and its termination, the Owner Trustee
shall cause the Certificate of Trust to be canceled by filing a certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of
Section 3810 of the Business Trust Statute.

                                    ARTICLE X

       SUCCESSOR OWNER TRUSTEES, ADDITIONAL OWNER TRUSTEE AND TRUST AGENT

     Section 10.01 Eligibility Requirements for Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
shall at all times be a corporation satisfying the provisions of Section 3807(a)
of the Business Trust Statute; authorized to exercise corporate trust powers;
having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authorities; and having (or
having a parent that has) a rating of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's. If such
corporation shall publish reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law
or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then
for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth
in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time the
Owner Trustee shall cease to

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be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Owner Trustee
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
10.02.

     Section 10.02 Resignation or Removal of Owner Trustee. The Owner Trustee
may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by
giving written notice thereof to the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice
of resignation, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the resigning Owner Trustee and one copy to the successor Owner
Trustee. If no successor Owner Trustee shall have been so appointed and have
accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Owner Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Owner Trustee.

     If at any time the Owner Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with the provisions of Section 10.01 and shall fail to resign after written
request therefor by the Administrator, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall
be legally unable to act, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a
receiver of the Owner Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any
public officer shall take charge or control of the Owner Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation, or if at any time the Owner Trustee shall have breached any
representation or warranty contained in Section 7.03(a) (without regard to any
knowledge qualification), then the Administrator may remove the Owner Trustee.
If the Owner Trustee shall be removed under the authority of the immediately
preceding sentence, the Administrator shall promptly appoint a successor Owner
Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall
be delivered to the outgoing Owner Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor Owner Trustee, and shall pay all fees owed to the outgoing Owner
Trustee.

     Any resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee and appointment of a
successor Owner Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section shall
not become effective until acceptance of appointment by the successor Owner
Trustee pursuant to Section 10.03 and payment of all fees and expenses owed to
the outgoing Owner Trustee. The Administrator shall provide notice of such
resignation or removal of the Owner Trustee to the Rating Agency.

     Section 10.03 Successor Owner Trustee. Any successor Owner Trustee
appointed pursuant to Section 10.02 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to
the Administrator and to its predecessor Owner Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment under this Agreement, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the predecessor Owner Trustee shall become effective, and such successor
Owner Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully
vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor
under this Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Owner Trustee.
The predecessor Owner Trustee shall upon payment of its fees and expenses
deliver to the successor Owner Trustee all documents and statements and monies
held by it under this Agreement; and the Administrator and the predecessor Owner
Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as
may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the
successor Owner Trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations.

     No successor Owner Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this
Section unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Owner Trustee shall
be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01.

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     Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Owner Trustee pursuant to
this Section, the Administrator shall mail notice thereof to all Holders, the
Depositor, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders and the Rating Agency. If the
Administrator shall fail to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of
such appointment by the successor Owner Trustee, the successor Owner Trustee
shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Administrator.

     Section 10.04 Merger or Consolidation of Owner Trustee. Any corporation
into which the Owner Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Owner Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the
Owner Trustee, shall be the successor of the Owner Trustee hereunder, without
the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act on the part of any
of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding;
provided, that such corporation shall be eligible pursuant to Section 10.01 and,
provided, further, that the Owner Trustee shall mail notice of such merger or
consolidation to the Rating Agency.

     Section 10.05 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, at any time, for the
purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part
of the Trust Estate may at the time be located, the Administrator and the Owner
Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all
instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Administrator and
Owner Trustee to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Owner Trustee, or as
separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Estate,
and to vest in such Person, in such capacity, such title to the Trust or any
part thereof and, subject to the other provisions of this Section, such powers,
duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Administrator and the Owner
Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Administrator shall not have
joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request
so to do, the Owner Trustee shall have the power to make such appointment. No
co-trustee or separate trustee under this Agreement shall be required to meet
the terms of eligibility as a successor Owner Trustee, provided that such
co-trustee or successor trustee must be acceptable to the Rating Agency and no
notice of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be
required pursuant to Section 10.03.

     Section 10.06 Appointment of Trust Agent. Each separate trustee and
co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject
to the following provisions and conditions:

     (a) all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon
the Owner Trustee shall be conferred upon and exercised or performed by the
Owner Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being
understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act
separately without the Owner Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent
that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are
to be performed, the Owner Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to
perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and
obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Estate or any portion
thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by
such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Owner
Trustee;

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     (b) no trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of
any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement; and

     (c) the Administrator and the Owner Trustee acting jointly may at any time
accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

     Any notice, request or other writing given to the Owner Trustee shall be
deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees,
as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any
separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions
of this Article. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of
the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in
its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Owner Trustee or
separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this
Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to
the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to, the Owner
Trustee. Each such instrument shall be filed with the Owner Trustee and a copy
thereof given to the Administrator.

     Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time appoint the Owner
Trustee as its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the
extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this
Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee
shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates,
properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the
Owner Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new
or successor co-trustee or separate trustee.

     The Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust hereby appoints The Chase
Manhattan Bank as Trust Agent for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
the Certificate Distribution Account and making the distributions therefrom to
the persons entitled thereto pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement and for
purposes of performing the other duties specified to be performed by the Trust
Agent under this Agreement and the other Basic Documents. The Trust Agent, in
its capacity as Trust Agent, shall not have any rights, duties or obligations
except as expressly provided in this Agreement and the Sale and Assignment
Agreement.

     The Trust Agent may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts
hereby created by giving 30 days' written notice thereof to the Owner Trustee
and the Administrator. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Owner
Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor Trust Agent by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trust Agent and one copy to the successor Trust Agent. If no successor Trust
Agent shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days
after giving of such notice of resignation, the Owner Trustee shall assume the
duties of Trust Agent.

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                                   ARTICLE XI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     Section 11.01 Supplements and Amendments.

     (a) This Agreement may be amended by the Depositor, the Owner Trustee and
the Trust Agent without the consent of any of the Noteholders or the Holders, to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be
inconsistent with any of the provisions herein or make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising hereunder that shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) any such
action shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder
or any Holder; (ii) any such action shall be deemed not to materially and
adversely affect the interest of any Noteholder if the Person requesting the
amendment obtains (A) a letter from the Rating Agency to the effect that the
amendment would not result in a downgrading or withdrawal of the ratings then
assigned to the Class A Notes by such Rating Agency or (B) an opinion of counsel
to such effect; and (iii) any such action shall be deemed not to materially and
adversely affect the interest of any Holder if the Person requesting such
amendment obtains an opinion of counsel to such effect, or Holders representing
100% of the Percentage Interests consent to such amendment.

     (b) This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor,
the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, with the consent of, for so long as the
Notes are Outstanding, Noteholders representing not less than 51% of the
Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Class (which consent of any Holder of
a Note given pursuant to this Section or pursuant to any other provision of this
Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on such Holder and on all future
Holders of such Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange thereof or
in lieu thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made thereon) and, if
such amendment materially and adversely affects the interests of the Holders,
with the consent of Holders evidencing not less than 51% of the Percentage
Interests, for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner
or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement, or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Noteholders or the Holders; provided, however, that no
such amendment may (i) increase or reduce in any manner the amount of, or
accelerate or delay the timing of, collections of payments on the Underlying
Certificates or distributions that shall be required to be made for the benefit
of the Noteholders or Holders, (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of the Highest Priority Class or Percentage Interest of the
Holders required to consent to any such amendment, without the consent of the
Holders of all outstanding Notes and Trust Certificates or (iii) alter the
provisions of Section 11.07 or 11.08, without the consent of MBIA Insurance
Corporation or its successor in interest.

     (c) Prior to the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Owner
Trustee shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment or
consent, together with a copy thereof, to the Indenture Trustee, the
Administrator and the Rating Agency.

     (d) Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the
Trust Agent shall furnish written notification of the substance of such
amendment or consent to each Holder. It shall not be necessary for the consent
of Holders, Noteholders or the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or consent, but it shall
be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of
obtaining such consents (and any other consents of Holders provided for in this
Agreement or in any other Basic Document) and of evidencing the authorization of
the execution thereof by Holders shall be subject to such reasonable
requirements as the Owner Trustee may prescribe.

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     (e) Promptly after the execution of any amendment to the Certificate of
Trust, the Owner Trustee shall cause the filing of such amendment with the
Secretary of State.

     (f) In connection with the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or
any other Basic Document to which the Issuer is a party and for which amendment
the Owner Trustee's consent is sought, each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment is authorized or permitted by the
Basic Documents and that all conditions precedent in the Basic Documents for the
execution and delivery thereof by the Issuer, the Owner Trustee or the Trust
Agent, as the case may be, have been satisfied. The Owner Trustee and the Trust
Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment that
affects the Owner Trustee's or the Trust Agent's own rights, duties or
immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

     Section 11.02 Limitations on Rights of Others. Except for Section 2.07, the
provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Owner Trustee,
the Trust Agent, the Depositor, the Holders, the Administrator and, to the
extent expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, and
nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.07), whether express or implied,
shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim in the Trust Estate or under or in respect of this Agreement or
any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein.

     Section 11.03 Notices. All demands, notices and communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing personally delivered or mailed by certified mail,
return receipt requested, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon
receipt in the case of (a) the Owner Trustee, at the Owner Trustee Corporate
Trust Office; (b) the Depositor, at Onyx Acceptance Financial Corporation, 27051
Towne Centre Drive, Suite 200, Foothill Ranch, California 92610; (c) the Trust
Agent, at The Chase Manhattan Bank, Capital Markets Fiduciary Services, 450 West
33rd Street, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10001-2697; or (d) as to each party,
at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice
to each other party. Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Holder
shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such
Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the
time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been
duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

     Section 11.04 Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the
covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any
reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or
terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements,
provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Trust
Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

     Section 11.05 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.

     Section 11.06 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, each of the
Depositor, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Agent and their respective successors
and permitted assigns and each Holder and its successors and permitted assigns,
all as herein provided. Any request, notice, direction, consent, waiver or other
instrument or action by a Holder shall bind the successors and assigns of such
Holder.

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     Section 11.07 No Petition.

     (a) The Depositor will not at any time institute against the Trust any
bankruptcy proceedings under any United States federal or state bankruptcy or
similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Trust
Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents.

     (b) Each of the Owner Trustee and the Trust Agent, by entering into this
Agreement, each Holder, by accepting a Trust Certificate, and the Indenture
Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting the benefits of this Agreement, hereby
covenant and agree that they will not at any time institute against the Seller,
the Depositor or the Trust, or join in any institution against the Seller, the
Depositor or the Trust of, any bankruptcy proceedings under any United States
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations
relating to the Trust Certificates, the Notes, this Agreement or any of the
other Basic Documents.

     Section 11.08 No Recourse. The Owner Trustee and each Holder by accepting a
Trust Certificate acknowledges that such Holder's Trust Certificates represents
a beneficial interest in the Trust only and does not represent an interest in or
obligation of the Depositor, the Seller, the Administrator, the Owner Trustee,
the Trust Agent, the Indenture Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and
no recourse may be had against such parties or their assets, except as may be
expressly set forth or contemplated in this Agreement, the Trust Certificates or
the other Basic Documents.

     Section 11.09 Certificates Nonassessable and Fully Paid. Holders shall not
be personally liable for obligations of the Trust. Except as expressly provided
herein, the interests represented by the Trust Certificates shall be
nonassessable for any losses or expenses of the Trust or for any reason
whatsoever, and, upon authentication thereof pursuant to Section 3.03, the Trust
Certificates shall be deemed fully paid.

     Section 11.10 Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.

     Section 11.11 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

     Section 11.12 Duties. The duties and responsibilities of the Owner Trustee
and the Trust Agent shall be limited to those expressly provided for in this
Agreement. The parties hereto agree that except for the purpose of the foregoing
sentence, neither the Owner Trustee nor the Trust Agent shall have management
responsibilities.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, as of the
day and year first above written.

                                          ONYX ACCEPTANCE FINANCIAL
                                          CORPORATION, as Depositor

                                          By:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                          BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
                                          as Owner Trustee

                                          By:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

                                          THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
                                          as Trust Agent

                                          By:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:

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                                                                       EXHIBIT A

                                     FORM OF
                             CERTIFICATE OF TRUST OF
               ONYX ACCEPTANCE RESIDUAL FUNDING OWNER TRUST 2000-A

     This Certificate of Trust of Onyx Acceptance Residual Funding Owner Trust
2000-A (the "TRUST") is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as
trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12
Del. Code, Section 3801 et seq. (the "ACT")).

     1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is Onyx Acceptance
Residual Funding Owner Trust 2000-A.

     2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust in the State of Delaware is Bankers Trust Company (Delaware), E.A. Delle
Donne Corporate Center, 1011 Centre Road, Suite 200, Wilmington, Delaware
19805-1266, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

     3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective March __,
2000.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Certificate of
Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act.

                                          BANKERS TRUST COMPANY (DELAWARE),
                                          not in its individual capacity but
                                          solely as Owner Trustee

                                          By:
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                                   ----------------------------
                                             Title:
                                                    ---------------------------

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                                                                       EXHIBIT B

                            FORM OF TRUST CERTIFICATE

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

[LOGO}  Master Repurchase
        Agreement
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September 1996 Version

Dated as of MAY 16, 2000
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Between: Merrill Lynch International (BUYER)
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and ONYX ACCEPTANCE FUNDING CORPORATION (SELLER)
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             and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acting as
             Agent as described in Annex III

1.    APPLICABILITY

      From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which
      one party ("Seller") agrees to transfer to the other ("Buyer") securities
      or other assets ("Securities") against the transfer of funds by Buyer,
      with a simultaneous agreement by Buyer to transfer to Seller such
      Securities at a date certain or on demand, against the transfer of funds
      by Seller. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a
      "Transaction" and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, shall be governed
      by this Agreement, including any supplemental terms or conditions
      contained in Annex I hereto and in any other annexes identified herein or
      therein as applicable hereunder.

2.    DEFINITIONS

      (a)   "Act of Insolvency'', with respect to any party, (i) the
            commencement by such party as debtor of any case or proceeding under
            any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium,
            dissolution, delinquency or similar law, or such party seeking the
            appointment or election of a receiver, conservator, trustee,
            custodian or similar official for such party or any substantial part
            of its property, or the convening of any meeting of creditors for
            purposes of commencing any such case or proceeding or seeking such
            an appointment or election, (ii) the commencement of any such case
            or proceeding against such party, or another seeking such an
            appointment or election, or the filing against a party of an
            application for a protective decree under the provisions of the
            Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, which (A) is consented
            to or not timely contested by such party, (B) results in the entry
            of an order for relief, such an appointment or election, the
            issuance of such a protective decree or the entry of an order having
            a similar effect, or (C) is not dismissed within 15 days, (iii) the
            making by such party of a general assignment for the benefit of
            creditors, or (iv) the admission in writing by such party of such
            party's inability to pay such party's debts as they become due;

      (b)   "Additional Purchased Securities", Securities provided by Seller to
            Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) hereof;

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      (c)   "Buyer's Margin Amount", with respect to any Transaction as of any
            date, the amount obtained by application of the Buyer's Margin
            Percentage to the Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such
            date:

      (d)   "Buyer's Margin Percentage", with respect to any Transaction as of
            any date, a percentage (which may be equal to the Seller's Margin
            Percentage) agreed to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any
            such agreement, the percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value
            of the Purchased Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase
            Price on the Purchase Date for such Transaction;

      (e)   "Confirmation", the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b) hereof;

      (f)   "Income", with respect to any Security at any time, any principal
            thereof and all interest, dividends or other distributions thereon;

      (g)   "Margin Deficit", the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(a) hereof;

      (h)   "Margin Excess", the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(b) hereof;

      (i)   "Margin Notice Deadline", the time agreed to by the parties in the
            relevant Confirmation, Annex I hereto or otherwise as the deadline
            for giving notice requiring same-day satisfaction of margin
            maintenance obligations as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof (or, in
            the absence of any such agreement, the deadline for such purposes
            established in accordance with market practice);

      (j)   "Market Value", with respect to any Securities as of any date, the
            price for such Securities on such date obtained from a generally
            recognized source agreed to by the parties or the most recent
            closing bid quotation from such a source, plus accrued Income to the
            extent not included therein (other than any Income credited or
            transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to
            Paragraph 5 hereof) as of such date (unless contrary to market
            practice for such Securities);

      (k)   "Price Differential", with respect to any Transaction as of any
            date, the aggregate amount obtained by daily application of the
            Pricing Rate for such Transaction to the Purchase Price for such
            Transaction on a 360 day per year basis for the actual number of
            days during the period commencing on (and including) the Purchase
            Date for such Transaction and ending on (but excluding) the date of
            determination (reduced by any amount of such Price Differential
            previously paid by Seller to Buyer with respect to such
            Transaction);

      (l)   "Pricing Rate", the per annum percentage rate for determination of
            the Price Differential;

      (m)   "Prime Rate", the prime rate of U.S. commercial banks as published
            in The Wall Street Journal (or, if more than one such rate is
            published, the average of such rates);

      (n)   "Purchase Date", the date on which Purchased Securities are to be
            transferred by Seller to Buyer;

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      (o)   "Purchase Price", (i) on the Purchase Date, the price at which
            Purchased Securities are transferred by Seller to Buyer, and (ii)
            thereafter, except where Buyer and Seller agree otherwise, such
            price increased by the amount of any cash transferred by Buyer to
            Seller pursuant to Paragraph 4(b) hereof and decreased by the amount
            of any cash transferred by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Paragraph
            4(a) hereof or applied to reduce Seller's obligations under clause
            (ii) of Paragraph 5 hereof;

      (p)   "Purchased Securities", the Securities transferred by Seller to
            Buyer in a Transaction hereunder, and any Securities substituted
            therefor in accordance with Paragraph 9 hereof. The term "Purchased
            Securities" with respect to any Transaction at any time also shall
            include Additional Purchased Securities delivered pursuant to
            Paragraph 4(a) hereof and shall exclude Securities returned pursuant
            to Paragraph 4(b) hereof;

      (q)   "Repurchase Date", the date on which Seller is to repurchase the
            Purchased Securities from Buyer, including any date determined by
            application of the provisions of Paragraph 3(c) or 11 hereof;

      (r)   "Repurchase Price", the price at which Purchased Securities are to
            be transferred from Buyer to Seller upon termination of a
            Transaction, which will be determined in each case (including
            Transactions terminable upon demand) as the sum of the Purchase
            Price and the Price Differential as of the date of such
            determination;

      (s)   "Seller's Margin Amount", with respect to any Transaction as of any
            date, the amount obtained by application of the Seller's Margin
            Percentage to the Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such
            date;

      (t)   "Seller's Margin Percentage", with respect to any Transaction as
            of any date, a percentage (which may be equal to the Buyer's Margin
            Percentage) agreed to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any
            such agreement, the percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value
            of the Purchased Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase
            Price on the Purchase Date for such Transaction.

3.    INITIATION; CONFIRMATION; TERMINATION

      (a)   An agreement to enter into a Transaction may be made orally or in
            writing at the initiation of either Buyer or Seller. On the Purchase
            Date for the Transaction, the Purchased Securities shall be
            transferred to Buyer or its agent against the transfer of the
            Purchase Price to an account of Seller.

      (b)   Upon agreeing to enter into a Transaction hereunder, Buyer or Seller
            (or both), as shall be agreed, shall promptly deliver to the other
            party a written confirmation of each Transaction (a "Confirmation").
            The Confirmation shall describe the Purchased Securities (including
            CUSIP number; if any), identify Buyer and Seller and set forth (i)
            the Purchase Date, (ii) the Purchase Price, (iii) the Repurchase
            Date, unless the Transaction is to be terminable on demand, (iv) the
            Pricing Rate or Repurchase Price applicable to the Transaction, and
            (v) any additional terms or conditions of the Transaction not
            inconsistent with this Agreement. The Confirmation, together with
            this Agreement, shall constitute conclusive evidence of the terms
            agreed between Buyer and Seller with respect to the Transaction to
            which the Confirmation relates, unless with

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            respect to the Confirmation specific objection is made promptly
            after receipt thereof. In the event of any conflict between the
            terms of such Confirmation and this Agreement, this Agreement shall
            prevail.

      (c)   In the case of Transactions terminable upon demand, such demand
            shall be made by Buyer or Seller, no later than such time as is
            customary in accordance with market practice, by telephone or
            otherwise on or prior to the business day on which such termination
            will be effective. On the date specified in such demand, or on the
            date fixed for termination in the case of Transactions having a
            fixed term, termination of the Transaction will be effected by
            transfer to Seller or its agent of the Purchased Securities and any
            Income in respect thereof received by Buyer (and not previously
            credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller
            pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof) against the transfer of the
            Repurchase Price to an account of Buyer.

4.    MARGIN MAINTENANCE

      (a)   If at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased
            Securities subject to all Transactions in which a particular party
            hereto is acting as Buyer is less than the aggregate Buyer's Margin
            Amount for all such Transactions (a "Margin Deficit"), then Buyer
            may by notice to Seller require Seller in such Transactions, at
            Seller's option, to transfer to Buyer cash or additional Securities
            reasonably acceptable to Buyer ("Additional Purchased Securities"),
            so that the cash and aggregate Market Value of the Purchased
            Securities, including any such Additional Purchased Securities, will
            thereupon equal or exceed such aggregate Buyer's Margin Amount
            (decreased by the amount of any Margin Deficit as of such date
            arising from any Transactions in which such Buyer is acting as
            Seller).

      (b)   If at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased
            Securities subject to all Transactions in which a particular party
            hereto is acting as Seller exceeds the aggregate Seller's Margin
            Amount for all such Transactions at such time (a "Margin Excess"),
            then Seller may by notice to Buyer require Buyer in such
            Transactions, at Buyer's option, to transfer cash or Purchased
            Securities to Seller, so that the aggregate Market Value of the
            Purchased Securities, after deduction of any such cash or any
            Purchased Securities so transferred, will thereupon not exceed such
            aggregate Seller's Margin Amount (increased by the amount of any
            Margin Excess as of such date arising from any Transactions in which
            such Seller is acting as Buyer).

      (c)   If any notice is given by Buyer or Seller under subparagraph (a) or
            (b) of this Paragraph at or before the Margin Notice Deadline on any
            business day, the party receiving such notice shall transfer cash or
            Additional Purchased Securities as provided in such subparagraph no
            later than the close of business in the relevant market on such day.
            If any such notice is given after the Margin Notice Deadline, the
            party receiving such notice shall transfer such cash or Securities
            no later than the close of business in the relevant market on the
            next business day following such notice.

      (d)   Any cash transferred pursuant to this Paragraph shall be attributed
            to such Transactions as shall be agreed upon by Buyer and Seller.

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      (e)   Seller and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions
            hereunder, that the respective rights of Buyer or Seller (or both)
            under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph may be exercised
            only where a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess, as the case may be,
            exceeds a specified dollar amount or a specified percentage of the
            Repurchase Prices for such Transactions (which amount or percentage
            shall be agreed to by Buyer and Seller prior to entering into any
            such Transactions).

      (f)   Seller and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions
            hereunder, that the respective rights of Buyer and Seller under
            subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph to require the
            elimination of a Margin Deficit or a Margin Excess, as the case may
            be, may be exercised whenever such a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess
            exists with respect to any single Transaction hereunder (calculated
            without regard to any other Transaction outstanding under this
            Agreement).

5.    INCOME PAYMENTS

      Seller shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to all Income paid or
      distributed on or in respect of the Securities that is not otherwise
      received by Seller, to the full extent it would be so entitled if the
      Securities had not been sold to Buyer. Buyer shall, as the parties may
      agree with respect to any Transaction (or, in the absence of any such
      agreement, as Buyer shall reasonably determine in its discretion), on the
      date such Income is paid or distributed either (i) transfer to or credit
      to the account of Seller such Income with respect to any Purchased
      Securities subject to such Transaction or (ii) with respect to Income paid
      in cash, apply the Income payment or payments to reduce the amount, if
      any, to be transferred to Buyer by Seller upon termination of such
      Transaction. Buyer shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to
      the preceding sentence (A) to the extent that such action would result in
      the creation of a Margin Deficit, unless prior thereto or simultaneously
      therewith Seller transfers to Buyer cash or Additional Purchased
      Securities sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit, or (B) if an Event
      of Default with respect to Seller has occurred and is then continuing at
      the time such Income is paid or distributed.

6.    SECURITY INTEREST

      Although the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and
      purchases and not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to
      be loans, Seller shall be deemed to have pledged to Buyer as security for
      the performance by Seller of its obligations under each such Transaction,
      and shall be deemed to have granted to Buyer a security Interest in, all
      of the Purchased Securities with respect to all Transactions hereunder and
      all Income thereon and other proceeds thereof.

7.    PAYMENT AND TRANSFER

      Unless otherwise mutually agreed, all transfers of funds hereunder shall
      be in immediately available funds. All Securities transferred by one party
      hereto to the other party (i) shall be in suitable form for transfer or
      shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or
      assignment in blank and such other documentation as the party receiving
      possession may reasonably request, (ii) shall be transferred on the
      book-entry system of a Federal Reserve Bank, or (iii) shall be transferred
      by any other method mutually acceptable to Seller and Buyer.

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8.    SEGREGATION OF PURCHASED SECURITIES

      To the extent required by applicable law, all Purchased Securities in the
      possession of Seller shall be segregated from other securities in its
      possession and shall be identified as subject to this Agreement.
      Segregation may be accomplished by appropriate identification on the books
      and records of the holder, including a financial or securities
      intermediary or a clearing corporation. All of Seller's interest in the
      Purchased Securities shall pass to Buyer on the Purchase Date and, unless
      otherwise agreed by Buyer and Seller, nothing in this Agreement shall
      preclude Buyer from engaging in repurchase transactions with the Purchased
      Securities or otherwise selling, transferring, pledging or hypothecating
      the Purchased Securities, but no such transaction shall relieve Buyer of
      its obligations to transfer Purchased Securities to Seller pursuant to
      Paragraph 3, 4 or 11 hereof, or of Buyer's obligation to credit or pay
      Income to, or apply Income to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to
      Paragraph 5 hereof.

REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FOR TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH THE SELLER RETAINS CUSTODY
OF THE PURCHASED SECURITIES

      Seller is not permitted to substitute other securities for those subject
      to this Agreement and therefore must keep Buyer's securities segregated at
      all times, unless in this Agreement Buyer grants Seller the right to
      substitute other securities. If Buyer grants the right to substitute, this
      means that Buyer's securities will likely be commingled with Seller's own
      securities during the trading day. Buyer is advised that, during any
      trading day that Buyer's securities are commingled with Seller's
      securities, they [will]* [may]** be subject to liens granted by Seller to
      [its clearing bank]* [third parties]** and may be used by Seller for
      deliveries on other securities transactions. Whenever the securities are
      commingled, Seller's ability to resegregate substitute securities for
      Buyer will be subject to Seller's ability to satisfy [the clearing]*
      [any]** lien or to obtain substitute securities.

      * Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. B403.4(e) if Seller is a government
      securities broker or dealer other than a financial institution.

      ** Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. B403.5(d) if Seller is a financial
      institution.

9.    SUBSTITUTION

      (a)   Seller may, subject to agreement with and acceptance by Buyer,
            substitute other Securities for any Purchased Securities. Such
            substitution shall be made by transfer to Buyer of such other
            Securities and transfer to Seller of such Purchased Securities.
            After substitution, the substituted Securities shall be deemed to be
            Purchased Securities.

      (b)   In Transactions in which Seller retains custody of Purchased
            Securities, the parties expressly agree that Buyer shall be deemed,
            for purposes of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, to have agreed
            to and accepted in this Agreement substitution by Seller of other
            Securities for Purchased Securities; provided, however, that such
            other Securities shall have a Market Value at least equal to the
            Market Value of the Purchased Securities for which they are
            substituted.

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10.   REPRESENTATIONS

      Each of Buyer and Seller represents and warrants to the other that (i) it
      is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, to enter into
      Transactions contemplated hereunder and to perform its obligations
      hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution,
      delivery and performance, (ii) it will engage in such Transactions as
      principal (or, if agreed in writing, in the form of an annex hereto or
      otherwise, in advance of any Transaction by the other party hereto, as
      agent for a disclosed principal), (iii) the person signing this Agreement
      on its behalf is duly authorized to do so on its behalf (or on behalf of
      any such disclosed principal), (iv) it has obtained all authorizations of
      any governmental body required in connection with this Agreement and the
      Transactions hereunder and such authorizations are in full force and
      effect and (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
      and the Transactions hereunder will not violate any law, ordinance,
      charter, bylaw or rule applicable to it or any agreement by which it is
      bound or by which any of its assets are affected. On the Purchase Date for
      any Transaction Buyer and Seller shall each be deemed to repeat all the
      foregoing representations made by it.

 11.  EVENTS OF DEFAULT

      In the event that (i) Seller fails to transfer or Buyer fails to purchase
      Purchased Securities upon the applicable Purchase Date, (ii) Seller fails
      to repurchase or Buyer fails to transfer Purchased Securities upon the
      applicable Repurchase Date, (iii) Seller or Buyer fails to comply with
      Paragraph 4 hereof, (iv) Buyer fails, after one business day's notice, to
      comply with Paragraph 5 hereof, (v) an Act of Insolvency occurs with
      respect to Seller or Buyer, (vi) any representation made by Seller or
      Buyer shall have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when
      made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated, or (vii) Seller
      or Buyer shall admit to the other its inability to, or its intention not
      to, perform any of its obligations hereunder (each an "Event of Default"):

      (a)   The nondefaulting party may, at its option (which option shall be
            deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an
            Act of Insolvency), declare an Event of Default to have occurred
            hereunder and, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option,
            the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has
            not already occurred, be deemed immediately to occur (except that,
            in the event that the Purchase Date for any Transaction has not yet
            occurred as of the date of such exercise or deemed exercise, such
            Transaction shall be deemed immediately canceled). The nondefaulting
            party shall (except upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency)
            give notice to the defaulting party of the exercise of such option
            as promptly as practicable.

      (b)   In all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as
            Seller, if the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have
            exercised the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this
            Paragraph, (i) the defaulting party's obligations in such
            Transactions to repurchase all Purchased Securities, at the
            Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase Date determined in
            accordance with subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, shall thereupon
            become Immediately due and payable, (ii) all Income paid after such
            exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by the nondefaulting
            party and applied to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any
            other amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder, and (iii) the
            defaulting party shall immediately deliver to the nondefaulting
            party any Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions then in
            the defaulting party's possession or control.

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      (c)   In all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as
            Buyer, upon tender by the nondefaulting party of payment of the
            aggregate Repurchase Prices for all such Transactions, all right,
            title and interest in and entitlement to all Purchased Securities
            subject to such Transactions shall be deemed transferred to the
            nondefaulting party, and the defaulting party shall deliver all such
            Purchased Securities to the nondefaulting party.

      (d)   If the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised
            the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the
            nondefaulting party, without prior notice to the defaulting party,
            may:

            (i)   as to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as
                  Seller, (A) immediately sell, in a recognized market (or
                  otherwise in a commercially reasonable manner) at such price
                  or prices as the nondefaulting party may reasonably deem
                  satisfactory, any or all Purchased Securities subject to such
                  Transactions and apply the proceeds thereof to the aggregate
                  unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the
                  defaulting party hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion
                  elect, in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased
                  Securities, to give the defaulting party credit for such
                  Purchased Securities in an amount equal to the price therefor
                  on such date, obtained from a generally recognized source or
                  the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source,
                  against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other
                  amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder; and

            (ii)  as to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as
                  Buyer, (A) immediately purchase, in a recognized market (or
                  otherwise in a commercially reasonable manner) at such price
                  or prices as the nondefaulting party may reasonably deem
                  satisfactory, securities ("Replacement Securities") of the
                  same class and amount as any Purchased Securities that are not
                  delivered by the defaulting party to the nondefaulting party
                  as required hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect; in
                  lieu of purchasing Replacement Securities, to be deemed to
                  have purchased Replacement Securities at the price therefor
                  on such date, obtained from a generally recognized source or
                  the most recent closing offer quotation from such a source.

            Unless otherwise provided in Annex I, the parties acknowledge and
            agree that (1) the Securities subject to any Transaction hereunder
            are instruments traded in a recognized market, (2) in the absence of
            a generally recognized source for prices or bid or offer quotations
            for any Security, the nondefaulting party may establish the source
            therefor in its sole discretion and (3) all prices, bids and offers
            shall be determined together with accrued Income (except to the
            extent contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant
            Securities).

      (e)   As to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer,
            the defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for
            any excess of the price paid (or deemed paid) by the nondefaulting
            party for Replacement Securities over the Repurchase Price for the
            Purchased Securities replaced thereby and for any amounts payable by
            the defaulting party under Paragraph 5 hereof or otherwise
            hereunder.

      (f)   For purposes of this Paragraph 11, the Repurchase Price for each
            Transaction hereunder in respect of which the defaulting party is
            acting as Buyer shall not increase above the

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            amount of such Repurchase Price for such Transaction determined as
            of the date of the exercise or deemed exercise by the nondefaulting
            party of the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this
            Paragraph.

      (g)   The defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for
            (i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by
            the nondefaulting party in connection with or as a result of an
            Event of Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost
            (including all fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into
            replacement transactions and entering into or terminating hedge
            transactions in connection with or as a result of an Event of
            Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage, cost or expense directly
            arising or resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default in
            respect of a Transaction.

      (h)   To the extent permitted by applicable law, the defaulting party
            shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for interest on any
            amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder, from the date the
            defaulting party becomes liable for such amounts hereunder until
            such amounts are (i) paid in full by the defaulting party or (ii)
            satisfied in full by the exercise of the nondefaulting party's
            rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by the defaulting
            party to the nondefaulting party under this Paragraph 11(h) shall
            be at a rate equal to the greater of the Pricing Rate for the
            relevant Transaction or the Prime Rate.

      (i)   The nondefaulting party shall have, in addition to its rights
            hereunder, any rights otherwise available to it under any other
            agreement or applicable law.

12.   SINGLE AGREEMENT

      Buyer and Seller acknowledge that, and have entered hereinto and will
      enter into each Transaction hereunder in consideration of and in reliance
      upon the fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single
      business and contractual relationship and have been made in consideration
      of each other. Accordingly, each of Buyer and Seller agrees (i) to perform
      all of its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that
      a default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a
      default by it in respect of all Transactions hereunder, (ii) that each of
      them shall be entitled to set off claims and apply property held by them
      in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to them in respect
      of any other Transactions hereunder and (iii) that payments, deliveries
      and other transfers made by either of them in respect of any Transaction
      shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries
      and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder, and
      the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers
      may be applied against each other and netted.

13.   NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

      Any and all notices, statements, demands or other communications hereunder
      may be given by a party to the other by mail, facsimile, telegraph,
      messenger or otherwise to the address specified in Annex II hereto, or so
      sent to such party at any other place specified in a notice of change of
      address hereafter received by the other. All notices, demands and requests
      hereunder may be made orally, to be confirmed promptly in writing, or by
      other communication as specified in the preceding sentence.

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14.   ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY

      This Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties
      containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions. Each
      provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and
      independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be
      enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other
      provision or agreement.

15.   NON-ASSIGNABILITY; TERMINATION

      (a)   The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and
            under any Transaction shall not be assigned by either party without
            the prior written consent of the other party, and any such
            assignment without the prior written consent of the other party
            shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and
            any Transactions shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
            benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
            This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon giving written
            notice to the other, except that this Agreement shall,
            notwithstanding such notice, remain applicable to any Transactions
            then outstanding.

      (b)   Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 15 shall not preclude a party
            from assigning, charging or otherwise dealing with all or any part
            of its interest in any sum payable to it under Paragraph 11 hereof.

16.   GOVERNING LAW

      This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
      without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.

17.   NO WAIVERS, ETC.

      No express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by either party shall
      constitute a waiver of any other Event of Default and no exercise of any
      remedy hereunder by any party shall constitute a waiver of its right to
      exercise any other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any
      provision of this Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure
      herefrom shall be effective unless and until such shall be in writing and
      duly executed by both of the parties hereto. Without limitation on any of
      the foregoing, the failure to give a notice pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) or
      4(b) hereof will not constitute a waiver of any right to do so at a later
      date.

18.   USE OF EMPLOYEE PLAN ASSETS

      (a)   If assets of an employee benefit plan subject to any provision of
            the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") are
            intended to be used by either party hereto (the "Plan Party") in a
            Transaction, the Plan Party shall so notify the other party prior to
            the Transaction. The Plan Party shall represent in writing to the
            other party that the Transaction does not constitute a prohibited
            transaction under ERISA or is otherwise exempt therefrom, and the
            other party may proceed In reliance thereon but shall not be
            required so to proceed.

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      (b)   Subject to the last sentence of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,
            any such Transaction shall proceed only if Seller furnishes or has
            furnished to Buyer its most recent available audited statement of
            its financial condition and its most recent subsequent unaudited
            statement of its financial condition.

      (c)   By entering into a Transaction pursuant to this Paragraph, Seller
            shall be deemed (i) to represent to Buyer that since the date of
            Seller's latest such financial statements, there has been no
            material adverse change in Seller's financial condition which Seller
            has not disclosed to Buyer, and (ii) to agree to provide Buyer with
            future audited and unaudited statements of its financial condition
            as they are issued, so long as it is a Seller in any outstanding
            Transaction involving a Plan Party.

19.   INTENT

      (a)   The parties recognize that each Transaction is a "repurchase
            agreement" as that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of
            the United States Code, as amended (except insofar as the type of
            Securities subject to such Transaction or the term of such
            Transaction would render such definition inapplicable), and a
            "securities contract" as that term is defined in Section 741 of
            Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended (except insofar as
            the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such
            definition inapplicable).

      (b)   It is understood that either party's right to liquidate Securities
            delivered to it in connection with Transactions hereunder or to
            exercise any other remedies pursuant to Paragraph 11 hereof is a
            contractual right to liquidate such Transaction as described in
            Sections 555 and 559 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as
            amended.

      (c)   The parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an
            "insured depository institution," as such term is defined in the
            Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended ("FDIA"), then each
            Transaction hereunder is a "qualified financial contract" as that
            term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements
            thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such
            Transaction would render such definition inapplicable).

      (d)   It is understood that this Agreement constitutes a "netting
            contract" as defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal
            Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA") and
            each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any
            Transaction hereunder shall constitute a covered contractual payment
            entitlement" or "covered contractual payment obligation",
            respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as
            one or both of the parties is not a "financial institution" as that
            term is defined in FDICIA).

20.   DISCLOSURE RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS

      The parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:

      (a)   in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker
            or dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission
            ("SEC") under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
            ("1934 Act"), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has

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      taken the position that the provisions of the Securities Investor
      Protection Act of 1970 ("SIPA") do not protect the other party with
      respect to any Transaction hereunder;

      (b)   in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a
            government securities broker or a government securities dealer
            registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will
            not provide protection to the other party with respect to any
            Transaction hereunder; and

      (c)   in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a
            financial institution, funds held by the financial institution
            pursuant to a Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore
            are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
            National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.

Merrill Lynch International            Onyx Acceptance Funding Corporation
                                       [Name of Party]

By:                                    By:
   --------------------------             --------------------------------------
Title:                                 Title:
      -----------------------                -----------------------------------
Date:                                  Date:
     ------------------------               ------------------------------------

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated acting as Agent
as described in Annex III

By:
   -----------------------------------
Title:
      --------------------------------
Date:
     ---------------------------------

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ANNEX I

SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This ANNEX I forms a part of the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of May 16,
2000 (the "Agreement") between Merrill Lynch International, as Buyer (the
"Buyer"), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S"), as
Agent, and Onyx Acceptance Funding Corporation, as Seller (the "Seller"). To the
extent that the terms of this Annex I conflict with the terms of the Agreement,
the terms of this Annex I shall control.

In connection with each Purchased Security, the Buyer and the Seller shall enter
into a Letter Agreement setting forth the assumptions used in calculating Market
Value for such Purchased Security and other related terms for such Transaction.
To the extent that the terms of the Letter Agreement conflict with the terms of
the Agreement or Annex I, the Letter Agreement shall control. The terms set
forth in each Letter Agreement are in addition to the terms set forth in the
Agreement and this Annex.

1.    ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.

      Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
      meanings set forth in the Agreement. Capitalized terms used in the
      Agreement whose definitions are modified in this Annex I shall, for all
      purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to have such modified definitions.

      "Market Value" shall mean the fair market value as determined by Buyer in
      its reasonable business judgment from time to time and at such times as it
      may elect in its sole discretion in accordance with the assumptions set
      forth in the related Letter Agreement.

2.    ADDITIONAL TERMS

      (i)   Buyer's Margin Percentage shall be 223% (which is the percentage
            obtained by dividing 1 by an advance rate of 45%).

      (ii)  All payments and distributions, whether in cash or in kind, made on
            or with respect to the Purchased Securities will, unless otherwise
            agreed by Buyer, be paid, delivered or transferred directly to Buyer
            (or such Affiliate or designee). During the Nine Month Period (as
            defined in the related Letter Agreement) applicable to the related
            Purchased Security, provided that no Event of Default or Excess
            Spread Trigger Event (as defined in the related Letter Agreement)
            has occurred, Buyer may, in its sole discretion, use such Income to
            (a) satisfy a Margin Deficit, under Section 4 of the Agreement, (b)
            reduce the Repurchase Price or (c) satisfy any other amounts due and
            owing to Buyer under the Agreement. Any amounts in excess of the
            amounts in clauses (a), (b) and (c) shall be transferred by Buyer to
            Seller promptly. Following the occurrence and continuation of the
            Excess Spread Trigger Event or Event of Default or after the Nine
            Month Period applicable to the related Purchased Security, Buyer
            shall retain all income. If Seller shall receive any payment or
            distribution on or with respect to the Purchased Securities, it
            shall hold such payment or distribution in trust for the benefit of
            Buyer and shall forward such payment, at the direction of Buyer, to
            be applied by Buyer to the then outstanding obligations.

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      (iii) The aggregate outstanding Repurchase Price for all Purchased
            Securities under this Agreement shall not exceed $20,000,000.

      (iv)  The Purchased Securities shall be registered in the name of Merrill
            Lynch International.

      (v)   Clause (vi) of Paragraph 11 is amended by adding thereto (a) after
            "any representation" the words "or covenant" and (b) after
            "incorrect or untrue" the words "or breached."

      (vi)  Any event of default on the part of Seller under any other agreement
            between Seller and Buyer or any affiliate of Buyer, whether now
            existing or hereafter entered into, shall constitute an Event of
            Default hereunder.

      (vii) The entering into any Transaction hereunder is discretionary on the
            part of both parties and each Security must be acceptable to Buyer
            for purchase hereunder, which determination shall be made by Buyer
            in its sole discretion. Buyer may, in its sole discretion, reject
            any Security from inclusion in a Transaction hereunder for any
            reason.

3.    MODIFICATION OF SECTION 9 OF THE AGREEMENT.

      Section 9 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following
      paragraphs:

      (c) In the case of any Transaction for which the Repurchase Date is other
      than the business day immediately following the Purchase Date and with
      respect to which Seller does not have any existing right to substitute
      substantially the same Securities for the Purchased Securities, Seller
      shall have the right, subject to the proviso in this sentence, upon notice
      to Buyer, which notice shall be given at or prior to 10 am (New York time)
      on such business day, to substitute substantially the same Securities for
      any Purchased Securities; provided, however, that Buyer may elect, by the
      close of business on the business day notice is received, or by the close
      of the next business day if notice is given after 10 am (New York time) on
      such day, not to accept such substitution. In the event such substitution
      is accepted by Buyer, such substitution shall be made by Seller's transfer
      to Buyer of such other Securities and Buyer's transfer to Seller of such
      Purchased Securities, and after substitution, the substituted Securities
      shall be deemed to be Purchased Securities. In the event Buyer elects not
      to accept such substitution, Buyer shall offer Seller the right to
      terminate the Transaction.

      (d) In the event Seller exercises its right to substitute or terminate
      under sub-paragraph (c), Seller shall be obligated to pay to Buyer, by the
      close of the business day of such substitution or termination, as the case
      may be, an amount equal to (A) Buyer's actual cost (including all fees,
      expenses and commissions) of (i) entering into replacement transactions;
      (ii) entering into or terminating hedge transactions; and/or (iii)
      terminating transactions or substituting securities in like transactions
      with third parties in connection with or as a result of such substitution
      or termination, and (B) to the extent Buyer determines not to enter into
      replacement transactions, the loss incurred by Buyer directly arising or
      resulting from such substitution or termination. The foregoing amounts
      shall be solely determined and calculated by Buyer in good faith.

4.    TERMINATION

      Notwithstanding any provisions of Paragraph 15 of the Master Repurchase
      Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement and all Transactions outstanding
      hereunder shall terminate automatically without any requirement for notice
      on the date occurring three hundred sixty four

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       days after the date as of which this Agreement is entered into; provided,
       however, that this Agreement and any Transaction outstanding hereunder
       may be extended by mutual agreement of Buyer and the Seller; and provided
       further, however, that no such party shall be obligated to agree to such
       an extension.

5.    OTHER APPLICABLE ANNEXES.

       In addition to this Annex I and Annex II, the following Annexes (if
       applicable) and any Schedules thereto shall form a part of the Agreement
       and shall be applicable thereunder:

       Annex III
       Annex IV
       Annex V

6.    COUNTERPARTS.

      The Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
      counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts
      shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Merrill Lynch International            Onyx Acceptance Funding Corporation
By:                                    By:
  ---------------------------------       --------------------------------------
Title:                                 Title:
      -----------------------------          -----------------------------------
Date:                                  Date:
     ------------------------------         ------------------------------------

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Acting as Agent as described in Annex III

By:
   --------------------------------
Title:
      -----------------------------
Date:
     ------------------------------

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ANNEX II

NAMES AND ADDRESSES FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PARTIES

                              [MERRILL LYNCH LOGO]

               Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

                             Stephanie S. Wolf, Esq.
                             World Financial Center
                             North Tower, 12th Floor
                             New York, NY 10281-1312
                                 (212) 449-3562

                              RETURN AGREEMENTS TO:

                                 Barbara H. Ross
                                Legal Department
                             World Financial Center
                             North Tower, 12th Floor
                             New York, NY 10281-1312
                              Tel: (212) 449-0105
                               Fax: (212) 449-6993

Name of Party: Onyx Acceptance Funding Corporation

Contact: Don P. Duffy, CFO

Street Address: 27051 Towne Centre Drive, Ste. 200

City, State, Zip Code: Foothill Ranch, CA 92610

Telephone No.: 949-465-3505

Fax No.: 949-465-3992

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ANNEX III

This ANNEX III forms a part of the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of 5/16,
2000 (the "Agreement") between Merrill Lynch International ("MLI") and Onyx
Acceptance Funding Corporation ("Counterparty"). Capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Annex III shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Annex and
the Agreement and/or any other Annex, the terms of this Annex shall prevail.

1.    As a broker-dealer registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
      Commission ("SEC"), Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
      ("MLPF&S"), as agent of MLI and Counterparty, will be responsible for (i)
      effecting Transactions hereunder, (ii) issuing all required confirmations
      and statements to MLI and Counterparty, (iii) maintaining books and
      records relating to Transactions as required by SEC regulations, and (iv)
      receiving, delivering and safeguarding Counterparty's funds and any
      securities in connection with Transactions hereunder, in compliance with
      SEC regulations.

2.    MLPF&S is acting in connection with Transactions hereunder solely in its
      capacity as agent for MLI and Counterparty pursuant to instructions from
      MLI and Counterparty. MLPF&S shall have no responsibility or personal
      liability to MLI or Counterparty arising from any failure by MLI or
      Counterparty to make payment, deliver securities, or perform any other
      obligations hereunder, including without limitation obligations to
      transfer margin or collateral, except for MLPF&S's gross negligence or
      willful misconduct in performing its duties as agent hereunder. Each of
      MLI and Counterparty agrees to proceed solely against the other to collect
      or recover any securities or money owing to it or to enforce any of its
      rights in connection with or as a result of Transactions hereunder.

3.    Notwithstanding any provisions of the Agreement, the parties hereby agree
      that any and all notices, demands or communications of any kind relating
      to Transactions hereunder between MLI and Counterparty shall be
      transmitted exclusively through MLPF&S in the manner specified in
      paragraph 13 of the Agreement to the address specified in Annex II to the
      Agreement.

4.    The parties acknowledge and agree that the Agreement shall not govern any
      repurchase transaction between (i) MLPF&S, acting in its individual
      capacity, and Counterparty or (ii) Counterparty and any entity other than
      MLI, regardless of whether MLPF&S is acting as agent for such other
      entity.

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