When credit crisis hit, Ford captive provided stability: Domestic rivals pulled back, but Ford Credit moved quickly to help dealers, market to consumers

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DETROIT - Skip Davenport and Dennis Nesselhauf, two dealers on opposite ends of the country, know firsthand what the continued survival of Ford Motor Credit Co. as a captive finance company means. Davenport, the third generation of his family running D&D Motors in Greer, S.C., praises Ford Credit for continuing to lend to dealers and car buyers even as credit markets seized and the U.S. economy went into free fall in 2008.