Hovering the mouse over the line will popup a tooltip with the exact balance amount. This chart shows you the balance of your loan at the end of each month over the term. This pie chart provides a visualization of the total costs showing both the principal and interest paid over the term of your contract. If you are simply trying to determine the monthly payment then this section is all you will need. This section gives you a brief summary of the proposed auto loan which includes the expected monthly payment, the total cost of the loan, total interest paid over the life of the loan and the date that the loan will be paid off in full. There are four main sections in the results: Loan Summary Once you enter your details click 'Calculate' and your loan information will be generated. Start Date - This is the day that you sign your car loan contract, the first payment will come due one month later.Term (Months) - The number of months that your loan will run over, typical terms for a car loan are 36, 48 or 60 months.Sales tax - The amount of sales tax levied in your area, this will be added to the vehicle price.Interest Rate - The interest rate that you will pay on the loan.

Owed on Trade - If you will be trading in and owe money on that vehicle, enter the amount here.Trade In - If you will be trading in your current car, put its expected value here.

Down Payment - The amount of money that you will be putting down yourself on the car.

Vehicle Price - The price that you will pay for your vehicle.

The first step is to enter the details of the proposed car loan in the fields above:

Car loan calc with extra payments