{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/auto-loan-calculator/schema.json",
  "title": "Auto Loan Calculator inputs",
  "description": "Calculate your monthly car payments, factoring in trade-in value and sales tax.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "vehiclePrice": {
      "title": "Vehicle Price",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 35000
    },
    "downPayment": {
      "title": "Down Payment",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 5000
    },
    "tradeIn": {
      "title": "Trade-in Value",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 2000
    },
    "salesTax": {
      "title": "Sales Tax",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 7
    },
    "interestRate": {
      "title": "Interest Rate",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 6.5
    },
    "months": {
      "title": "Loan Term (Months)",
      "type": "number",
      "default": 60
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "x-askcalculators": {
    "version": "7.0.0",
    "calculatorUrl": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/auto-loan-calculator/",
    "queryExample": "https://askcalculators.com/calculator/auto-loan-calculator/?vehiclePrice=35000&downPayment=5000&tradeIn=2000&salesTax=7&interestRate=6.5&months=60",
    "migrationStatus": "migrated",
    "reviewStatus": "pending",
    "pageStatus": "live",
    "workStatus": "pending",
    "migratedDate": "2026-08-18",
    "formula": {
      "expression": "Tax = max(vehicle price − trade-in, 0) × sales-tax rate; financed amount = price + tax − down payment − trade-in; payment = P·r·(1+r)^n ÷ ((1+r)^n−1)."
    },
    "quality": {
      "availability": "live",
      "technicalReviewRecord": "/reviews/auto-loan-calculator.json",
      "qualifiedReview": "pending",
      "qualifiedReviewer": null,
      "qualifiedReviewDate": null,
      "formulaVersion": "7.0.0",
      "referenceCoverage": "references-pending",
      "releaseTestScope": "Catalog and regression checks are not a professional formula audit; consult release evidence.",
      "historicalMetadataDate": "2026-08-18",
      "historicalMetadataNotice": "The imported date is not evidence of a completed human review."
    },
    "outputs": {
      "result": {
        "title": "Result",
        "type": "string",
        "x-format": "text",
        "x-primary": true
      }
    }
  }
}