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Total Cost of Ownership Calculator

5-year total car cost: loan + fuel + insurance + registration + maintenance + depreciation. Per-mile breakdown.

Updated April 2026

Total cost of ownership (5 years)

$42,293

Car is worth about $13,363 at the end.

Cost per year

$8,459

Cost per mile

$0.70

Cost breakdown by category
CategoryTotal% of total
Depreciation loss$18,63744.1%
Fuel$7,39317.5%
Insurance$7,00016.6%
Loan interest paid$5,66413.4%
Maintenance$2,7006.4%
Registration$9002.1%

You’d still owe $0 on the loan after 5 years.

Your loan term (5 yrs) is longer than how long you plan to own the car — selling early means paying off the remaining balance from resale proceeds.

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What it does

Sticker price lies. This shows the real 5-year cost including fuel, insurance, maintenance, and depreciation — and breaks it down per mile.

Runs entirely in your browser — no upload, no account, no watermark. For more tools in this category see the full tools index.

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Paste this snippet into any page. Loads on-demand (lazy), no tracking scripts, and sized to most dashboards. Replace the height to fit your layout.

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How to use it

  1. Enter all ownership inputs.
  2. Set years to own.
  3. Read grand total + per-mile.

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