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Auto Loan
Loan or Lease
This tool helps answer the questions:
Should I put
more or less downpayment
? Should I choose
longer or shorter mortgage term
?
If I have enough cash to buy a car, but have higher-yield investment opportunities, should I
use auto loan or pay all cash
to purchase?
Car Finance
Purchase price
Trade-in car value
Downpayment
Loan term
months
Interest rate
Cash back offer
Sales tax
Loan origination fees
Other fixed fees
the unavoidable fees you must pay whether to use loan or pay with cash, such as title, registration, inspection, government, and dealer fees.
Roll tax and fees into loan
Loan amount
Monthly payment
Up-front payment
Total payment
Loan Consideration
Plan A
Plan B
Downpayment ($)
Downpayment
Loan term (months)
Interest rate
Cash back offer
Investment yield
the expected return of investment when you invest extra cash
Loan amount
Up-front payment
Monthly payment
Net present value (NPV)
This is how much the NPV of using loan is higher/lower than the NPV of buying with all cash. When investment yield is higher than loan rate (APR), your NPV of using loan is normally higher than the NPV of buying with all cash. This is becasue your investment income is higher than the loan interest, and it brings you more cash inflow in the long term.
The winner plan
The better Plan you should consider is the one with the higher NPV, it brings a better financial outlook in the long term.
All Cash Purchase (no Loan)
Net present value (NPV)
This tool helps answer the question:
Should I use
auto loan or lease
to save the cost of using a car, to achieve better financial outlook?
Car Finance
Purchase price
Trade-in car value
Sales tax
Loan
Lease
Downpayment ($)
Term (months)
Interest rate
Money factor
Cash back offer
Origination fees
Other fixed fees
the unavoidable fees you must pay whether to use loan or pay with cash, such as title, registration, inspection, government, and dealer fees.
Residual value
Comparison Results
Loan
Lease
Amount
Up-front payment
Monthly payment
Total payment
Investment yield
the expected return of investment when you invest extra cash
Present value of cost
The winner plan
The better choice is the one with the lower present value of cost, it brings a better financial outlook in the long term.
All Cash Purchase
Present value of cost
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