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Vehicle ownership cost calculator

Plan your monthly and annual cash costs for one petrol or diesel vehicle. Enter your own figures, and see what's still unknown.

Your costs

Leave an unknown amount blank. Enter zero if you know the cost is zero, or choose Doesn't apply.

Use amounts you'll pay, including any applicable taxes. Don't repeat a cost in more than one place.

Finance payment (R per month)

Your full instalment, including any monthly lender service fee once. Exclude a final balloon lump sum.

Doesn't apply

Insurance (R per month)

Your separate premium. Exclude cover already included in another payment.

Doesn't apply

Need a separate instalment estimate? Use the vehicle finance calculator, then enter the full monthly payment here.

Fuel per month

Monthly distance (km)

Enter 0 for a month without driving. The other fixed costs can still apply.

Consumption (L/100 km)

Your vehicle's fuel use, from your own records or trip computer.

Pump price (R/litre)

Your actual or assumed petrol or diesel pump price.

Use up to two decimal places. The input limits are calculator support limits, not driving recommendations.

Other running costs

Maintenance allowance (R per month)

Your provision for maintenance. Exclude tyres and work covered by a service plan.

Doesn't apply

Licence renewal (R per year)

Your expected yearly total. Include your chosen channel or delivery charge only if it applies.

Doesn't apply

Tyres allowance (R per year)

Your annual provision. This doesn't assume you'll replace tyres every year.

Doesn't apply

Parking (R per month)

Your parking spend.

Doesn't apply

Tolls (R per month)

Your toll spend. No route or toll prices are filled in.

Doesn't apply

Other costs (R per month)

One additional amount. Exclude anything already entered above.

Doesn't apply

Ready when you areEnter your costsBlank amounts stay unknown. No costs are assumed.

Your figures stay only on this page. Reloading or leaving clears them.

Your figures

This plan uses only your entered costs, monthly distance, consumption and pump price. No official price or quote is filled in.

The annual plan keeps these monthly amounts the same for 12 months. Some costs will be paid at different times.

Licence renewal and tyres are your yearly cash provisions. Their monthly averages aren't payment dates or a forecast of prices.

This covers cash planning for one petrol or diesel vehicle. It excludes depreciation, resale, tax deductions, EV charging and fleet accounting.

A balloon lump sum, settlement quote and funding for a final payment aren't included. Your finance payment should include any recurring lender fee once.

For supporting figures, check the vehicle licence fee checker and fuel usage calculator. Their coverage and source limits still apply.

Vehicle ownership cost calculator

Your costs

Fuel per month

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