Car loan payoff calculator.
Pay your car off early. Enter the balance, rate and months left, add an extra monthly payment or a lump sum, and see the new payoff date and the interest you never pay.
► Your car loan
Example numbers, type over themI know my
► Extra each month
Paid on top of the regular payment, straight to principal.
$0$2,000
► With your extra payments
► Paid off in
4 yrs 1 mo
around month 49
► Sooner by
11 mo
on schedule: month 60
► Interest saved
$1,014
$4,043 instead of $5,057
► Total you'll pay
$29,043
$600.95 a month
regular payments onlywith extra payments
Three ways to finish early.
- [ 01 ]
Round up
Pay $500 instead of $469, every month, forever. Small, automatic, and it compounds. - [ 02 ]
Lump sums
A tax refund or bonus straight to the loan. Enter it above and watch the date move. - [ 03 ]
Extra principal
Tell the lender the extra is for principal, not for next month's payment. Check the statement the month after. - [ 04 ]
Check the order
If you also carry a card at 25%, the card comes first. The avalanche calculator lines everything up.
Before you pay extra.
- Check for a prepayment penalty in the loan agreement. Most auto loans have none, but some do.
- Make sure the loan uses simple interest. Precomputed-interest loans do not reward early payoff.
- Keep a small emergency fund so the extra payment does not turn into new card debt.
- Higher-rate debt first. Compare on the avalanche calculator.
Keep going.
Loan payoff calculator
Any loan: how soon you're done with extra payments or a lump sum.
Personal loan payoff calculator
Extra payments and lump sums on a fixed-rate personal loan.
Debt avalanche calculator
Highest interest rate first. The order that costs the least.
Loan payoff spreadsheet
Excel and Google Sheets calculator with extra payments and a lump sum.
[ App ] In your pocket
The same plan, kept for you.
Debtless does this math from the payments you log and moves the date every month. Free on iPhone.

► Debt-free has a date
One card, one number, one day you hit zero.

► Avalanche or snowball
Pick the order, see the date move, switch any time.

► Debby, the coach
Answers with your real balances, rates and budget.
