Car running costs
The Fleet News Running Cost Calculator gives you important information about the three key vehicle costs: depreciation, fuel and service, maintenance and repair (SMR). It enables fleet decision-makers to compare models to benchmark costs and determine which are best suited to their budgets using pence per mile or full cycle figures.
Fleet News is now able to offer you an additional layer of insight via our Total Cost of Ownership Calculator. Sign up or log in to access TCO figures by monthly cost or pence per mile which take into consideration National Insurance, vehicle off road (VOR) costs and VED as well as the standard running cost figures.
Petrol and diesel prices are updated from nationwide averages from globalpetrolprices.com. This is then calculated against the 'WLTP MPG – Comb' figure.
Electric cost is 44p. This is taken from an average/blend of charging types sourced from Zapmap. The 'WLTP EC (kWh/100km) – Comb' figure in then used to calculate the electric cost.
Data for both calculators is provided by cap hpi.
To start, choose a car type or vehicle make
Use the drop down selectors to filter by car type, or dive straight in and choose a make. Narrow your selections further by choosing a fuel, CO2, and price bands
The Fleet News Car Running Costs Calculator 
Data supplied by CAP. Updated every month.
The Fleet News car running costs calculator is designed to help fleet operators’ research costs and other important information relevant to purchasing and using vehicles such as carbon dioxide emissions and insurance groups across more than 4,000 popular fleet cars.
To begin your search select the manufacturer, model and operating cycle from the dropdown boxes above.
The car running cost calculator results will be displayed in a table and breaks down all the traditional car running costs including depreciation, SMR (service, maintenance and repair) costs and fuel from all available models and derivatives of the vehicle selected.
The ppm total is the total calculation of depreciation (DPR), SMR and fuel costs.
The running costs calculator also includes important information about the vehicle you select including;
RV – The forecasted residual value of the vehicle at your specified cycle
BIK P11D – The P11D price of the vehicle from new (basic price, VAT and delivery charges)
INS – The insurance grouping of the vehicle
MPG – The official mpg figure of the vehicle.
Plug-in grants
The plug-in-grant is not used in the calculations of running costs, due to the limits on the number of vehicles that can claim the grant.
The grant rate for category 1 vehicles has moved from £4,500 to £3,500.
Category 2 and 3 vehicles are no longer eligible for the grant.
To view more tools like the fuel cost calculator, fuel price comparison or car tax calculator go back to the tools homepage