The Loan or Lease Calculator:
If you want to buy a new vehicle but don't know yet which financing route to take, this calculator is for you. Whether a lease or a loan is a better option depends on your financing situation.

Enter your down payment, the trade-in value of your current vehicle, and the purchase price of the vehicle you wish to purchase. Secondly, enter your loan rate and the number of months it will take to it pay off. It may be wise to shop around and find out the different rates at which a number of different banks will approve you. Secondly, enter the lease rate and length (in months) the dealership is offering you. Finally, enter the end-of-lease payment required, which is the amount you will have to pay to buyout the lease contract. If you have to take out a loan amount to pay the end-of-lease amount, enter the interest rate and length of time it would take to pay off this loan.


Loan or Lease?



Down Payment:
Trade In:
Purchase Price of Car:
Loan Rate:  %
Duration of Loan:

 months

Lease Rate:  %
Duration of Lease:  months
End of Lease Payment:
End of Lease Loan Rate: %
Duration of Loan after Lease:  months
 
 
 


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