{
  "id": 16284674,
  "title": "The car is gone, but the debt lives on: What happens after vehicle repossession",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/the-car-is-gone-but-the-debt-lives-on-what-happens-after-vehicle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/business/2026-10-24-the-car-is-gone-but-the-debt-lives-on-what-happens-after-vehicle-repossession/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Losing your car to repossession does not mean your debt disappears. Court judgments and ombud rulings reveal the potential costs and when motorists can challenge lenders.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}