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If you know how much car payment you can afford each month, a reverse auto loan calculator can tell you how that translates into the total amount you can borrow. But, of course, there are variables: the length of the loan and the interest rate you get.
Say you have decided that you can afford to spend $500 a month on a car. How far that goes depends on your interest rate. At 5% APR, a $500 payment will buy you a loan of about $26,500 for 60 months. At 9.5%, you could finance a loan of around $23,800. The loan length has an even more dramatic effect; that 9.5% loan stretched out to 84 months would finance about $30,500.
Below you can see how your loan amount changes by moving the sliders for payment and loan term. We've provided average rates by credit tier as determined by Experian Information Solutions for the third quarter of 2025 .
Find a good loan based on current rates
3 auto loans found
LightStream
New car purchase loanBest for borrowers with good or excellent credit who want fast approval and funding to buy a new car.
Min score: 660
Min. Amount $5,000
Max. Amount $100,000
Est. APR: 6.99 - 15.74%
Term: 24 - 84 months
MyAutoloan
New car purchase loanBest for applicants who want to compare multiple new car purchase loan offers.
Min score: 600
Min. Amount $8,000
Max. Amount $100,000
Est. APR: 5.98 - 29.90%
Term: 24 - 84 months
Auto Credit Express
New car purchase loanBest for new-car buyers who can’t qualify for a lower-rate loan through a traditional lender and need help finding a dealer with subprime lending.
Min score: None
Min. Amount No min.
Max. Amount $100,000
Est. APR: N/A - N/A
Term: 24 - 84 months
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- 1. Experian. State of the Automotive Finance Market Report. Accessed Dec 4, 2025.
