Current Report
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON DC 20549
 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 14, 2006

CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 
 CALIFORNIA
 
001-14116
 
33-0459135
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 

16355 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, CA 92618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (949) 753-6800

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

The registrant, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. ("CPS") is today making available two presentations. Copies thereof are attached hereto as exhibits. Although each of the two exhibits is an update of similar documents filed as exhibits to a current report that CPS filed on January 12, 2006, which updated an earlier report filed, CPS is not undertaking to update further any information contained in these materials.

The information furnished in this report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

Neither financial statements nor pro forma financial information are filed with this report.

Two exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
99.1
Company Summary 
99.2
Historical Timeline of Significant Events


 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 
CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
 
 
Dated: March 14, 2006
By: /s/ Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
 
Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
President and chief executive officer
Signing on behalf of the registrant
and as principal executive officer


 
EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number
Description
 
 
99.1
Company Summary 
99.2
Historical Timeline of Significant Events