Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. Announces 2004 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Earnings Conference Call - Friday, March 25, 2005

IRVINE, Calif. -- Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:CPSS) today announced that it will release its fourth quarter and full-year 2004 results after the market closes today March 24, 2005. Management will then host a conference call Friday, March 25, 2005, at 1:30 p.m. EST. to discuss the results.

Dial-in number for the call is 973-409-9261.

A replay of the call will be available until March 31, 2005, by calling 877-519-4471 or 973-341-3080 for international participants, with pin number 5859610.

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at the CPS Web site at

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvent Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. is a consumer finance company that specializes in purchasing, selling and servicing retail automobile dealers located throughout the United States. The Company is currently active in 38 states. Through its purchases of contracts, the Company provides indirect financing to car dealer customers with limited credit histories, low incomes or past credit problems, who generally would not be expected to qualify for financing provided by banks or by automobile manufacturers' captive finance companies.