UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON DC 20549

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                                    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 1, 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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ITEM 1.01.   ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On March 1, 2006, the registrant, Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., acting
pursuant to authorization of the compensation committee of its board of
directors, fixed the amounts of cash bonuses to be paid with respect to services
rendered by its officers during 2005. Such cash bonuses for the Company's chief
executive officer and the four remaining most highly paid executive officers
identified in the registrant's proxy statement for its 2005 annual meeting are
as follows:



Name                                Title(s)                                                    Amount
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Charles E. Bradley, Jr.             Chairman of the Board of Directors, President &             $1,000,000
                                    Chief Executive Officer

Curtis K. Powell                    Senior Vice President - Originations & Marketing            $  208,000


Robert E. Riedl                     Senior Vice President - Finance & Chief Financial           $  209,000
                                    Officer

Mark A. Creatura                    Senior Vice President & General Counsel                     $  112,000



The remaining identified officer, Nicholas P. Brockman, retired from employment
with the registrant during 2005 and was not awarded bonus compensation for that
year.


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                                   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 7, 2006                 By: /s/ Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
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                                         Charles E. Bradley, Jr.
                                         President and Chief Executive Officer

                                         Signing on behalf of the registrant
                                         and as principal executive officer


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