Cars & mobility
Calculation method and formula
Purchase price − Resale value + Additional buying costs; Lease down payment + Monthly lease × Months
Understand the inputs
- Purchase price
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
- Resale value
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
- Additional buying costs
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
- Lease down payment
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
- Monthly lease
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
- Months
- Use a measured value or your own assumption.
Assumptions and limitations
Purchase minus resale plus buying extras is compared with upfront lease payment plus installments. Financing, excess mileage, damage and different running costs need separate consideration.
The formula uses the specified units. Displayed numbers are rounded; whole packs, item counts and full time periods may also be rounded within the calculation.