Auto loans with the highest rates are likely to be found inConnecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, according to rate trackingfirm GoBankingRates.com.

Alaska, Michigan and Oregon had the lowest rates, the LosAngeles-based company said.

The data was compiled using the its interest rate database andaggregates rates from more than 4,000 U.S. financial institutions,GoBankingRates.com said. The report examined base rates offered bybanks and credit unions on new car loan products, using astatewide average of rates to determine ranking.

The states with the highest average auto loan rates ranked as follows:

• Rhode Island: 5.11%
• Connecticut: 4.82%
• New Jersey: 4.47%
• Massachusetts: 4.21%
• Louisiana: 4.20%
• West Virginia: 4.16%
• Delaware: 4.14%
• Washington, D.C.: 3.95%
• Mississippi: 3.91%
• Pennsylvania: 3.84%

Auto loan rates were current as of July 24, the firm noted.

Two credit unions had the lowest rates in the country: the $251million Burbank City Federal Credit Union in Burbank, Calif., and the$768 million First Community Credit Union in Coquille, Ore., with bothoffering a 0.99% annual percentage rate base rate for a 36-monthterm, according to GoBankingRates.com.

The highest new auto loan base rate in the country was 12.5%annual percentage yield for a 48-month term, the report noted.

The data also revealed that the states with the best averageauto loan rates were Alaska, Michigan, New Hampshire, NorthCarolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont andWashington.