Car loan

Anyone can apply for a loan as long as they’re a UK resident and aged 18 or over. When you apply, we’ll ask some questions about your circumstances to check that we can offer you a loan.

If you’d like to see how likely you are to be accepted before applying – and without impacting your credit score – use our Loan Calculator and hit ‘check my eligibility’.

This representative APR applies to loans of £7,500 – £25,000 over 1 to 5 years. We also offer loans between £3,000 – £35,000 and have terms available between 1 to 10 years.

The rate you’re offered may differ as that depends on the amount you apply for and our review of your circumstances. The maximum APR you could expect is 34.5% APR.

Yes, we do a credit check when you apply for a loan.

You can find out how likely you are to be accepted first without affecting your credit score by using our Eligibility Checker. This runs a soft search on your file and keeps your credit score safe.

If you're approved and you're eligible to digitally sign, you’ll most likely get your loan within 24 hours, but please leave up to 48 hours before calling us.

In some cases we might not be able to accept your application straight away. In that case, we’ll need to get more information from you which can take 5 to 10 days for us to make sure everything is okay before we approve your application and send you the funds.

You'll pay the same amount each month by Direct Debit on a date you choose.

Your first payment will be taken one month after you get your loan unless you've been accepted for a payment break in your application.

No, our loans are a fixed rate which means your monthly Direct Debit payments will be the same every month until your loan is paid off. Nice and simple.

If you make overpayments towards your loan, then you can always choose to reduce your monthly payments instead of reducing your term, which of course would mean you could pay less each month. Though remember, you usually save more interest by reducing the term.

When you apply for a loan, you may be eligible for a 2 month payment break at the start of your loan. This means you won't start paying your loan back straight away.

Interest will be charged during the payment break and your overall loan period will be extended by 2 months, which means that you'll pay an extra 2 months' interest.

If you're struggling with your payments throughout your loan and feel you need a break, we can still help. Visit our financial difficulty page to find out more.

Yes there are 2 ways you can do this:

You can do this at any time during your loan without paying any fees. These overpayments will go towards reducing the length of your loan (unless you ask us to reduce your monthly payments instead). This means there's less interest to be charged, which means you could save money overall. There are various ways you can make these payments.

You can pay your loan off in full any time. You'll need to pay a charge of up to 2 months interest for doing this, but you could save money on interest overall. You can find out how much it would cost to settle your loan early and how much you could save, at any time by asking us for an Early Settlement Figure.

Yes, you can apply to borrow more once you've made 8 consecutive monthly payments on your existing loan.

You can find out more about borrowing more on our existing customer page.

If you miss a loan payment, we'll automatically try to take the payment again within 10 to 14 days.

If you're struggling to make your monthly payment amount, please don't panic, we're not here to add to the stress, we're here to help. All you need to do is reach out to chat about your situation. Our page on financial difficulty tells you more about what we can do to help and how to get in touch.

If you don't get in touch and end up falling behind on your repayments, there could be charges for late or missed payments. So it's important that you reach out to us as soon as you can.

The APR is the total cost of borrowing, as a percentage of the amount you owe, over a year.

The APR is calculated from the annual rate of interest plus any upfront fees. It gives you a way to compare the cost of different loan and credit offers.

The annual rate of interest is the amount of interest that will be charged on your loan, as a percentage of the amount you owe, over a year.

Car loans give you the money upfront to buy the car you have your eye on. It lets you spread the cost over a set number of monthly payments, so you don’t have to save up the full amount in one go. A Tesco Bank Car Loan is a Personal Loan with a fixed interest rate.

Once you've applied and been accepted for a car loan, the agreed amount of money will be released into your bank account. You’ll be expected to pay a certain amount back each month until you have paid off the whole loan plus interest. You’ll be charged interest on the amount you borrowed. The interest rate is fixed for the term of the loan and the rate offered will be dependent on your credit history as well as things like the amount you’re borrowing.

If you have bad credit, you may find it difficult to get a car loan. When providers can see that you’ve struggled with repayments in the past, they may be less likely to want to lend you money. It's sometimes possible to get a car loan if you have bad credit, although you may have to pay higher interest rates.

If you have a bad credit score or don’t have much credit history, there are ways you can improve your score before applying for a car loan. You can also check whether you’re likely to be approved for a car loan without affecting your credit score, by using our eligibility checker.

A car loan might be right for you if you’re hoping to get on the road as quickly as possible and you know you’ll be able to afford your monthly repayments.

Our car loans have a fixed interest rate, so you can plan your payments in advance and know exactly how much you’ll be paying for your loan in total. They offer a way of breaking the total cost of the car purchase into smaller regular repayments.

Our loans are provided by Tesco Bank, PO Box 27014, Glasgow, G2 9FE.

Tesco Bank is a trading name of Barclays Bank UK PLC. For more information on what this means please go to tescobank.com/transfer-scheme.