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What the same car costs across India
Take one car, the Skoda Kylaq Prestige Turbo Petrol MT, ex-showroom ₹11.75L. Put it on the road in 25 states and the bill runs from ₹12.31L in Arunachal Pradesh to ₹14.19L in Karnataka: a gap of ₹1.87L on the identical car, 16% of its sticker price, before anyone has negotiated anything.
And that is the middle of the story. Across the 5 price points computed below, from the budget petrol car to the premium electric car, the same geography gap runs from ₹84,767 to ₹4.06L.
On-road total for the Skoda Kylaq Prestige Turbo Petrol MT by state, cheapest to dearest. Free to republish with credit to VariantWise.
The gap grows with the car
Road tax in most states is a percentage that climbs with price, so the spread widens as the sticker does:
| The car priced | Sticker | Cheapest state | Dearest state | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissan Gravite Acenta Petrol MTthe budget petrol car | ₹6.68L | ₹6.98LArunachal Pradesh | ₹7.82LKarnataka | ₹84,767 |
| Skoda Kylaq Prestige Turbo Petrol MTthe median petrol car | ₹11.75L | ₹12.31LArunachal Pradesh | ₹14.19LKarnataka | ₹1.87L |
| Nissan Tekton Tekna Turbo Petrol ATthe premium petrol car | ₹17.79L | ₹18.82LArunachal Pradesh | ₹21.48LKarnataka | ₹2.66L |
| Tata Harrier EV Adventure Electric ATthe median electric car | ₹21.69L | ₹22.16LMaharashtra | ₹25.20LAssam | ₹3.04L |
| Tata Harrier EV Empowered Electric AWD ATthe premium electric car | ₹28.99L | ₹29.54LMaharashtra | ₹33.60LAssam | ₹4.06L |
Every car above has its own full chart. Click one to open it, and all of them are free to republish with credit:
Nissan Gravite Acenta Petrol MT: ₹84,767 between Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka, across 25 states
On-road total for the Nissan Gravite Acenta Petrol MT by state, cheapest to dearest. Free to republish with credit to VariantWise.
Skoda Kylaq Prestige Turbo Petrol MT: ₹1.87L between Arunachal Pradesh and Karnataka, across 25 states
On-road total for the Skoda Kylaq Prestige Turbo Petrol MT by state, cheapest to dearest. Free to republish with credit to VariantWise.
Tata Harrier EV Adventure Electric AT: ₹3.04L between Maharashtra and Assam, across 21 states
On-road total for the Tata Harrier EV Adventure Electric AT by state, cheapest to dearest. Free to republish with credit to VariantWise.
Electric is where states disagree hardest
14 of 21 computable states still put the Tata Harrier EV Adventure Electric AT on the road within 5% of its sticker, while others now tax it like any other car. The exemption era is ending state by state, and where you register an EV has quietly become part of its price.
Method, in full
The cars are not chosen: each sits at a fixed percentile of every petrol or electric variant on sale in the catalogue, so this page re-selects them as the market moves. Each is priced with the same computation that builds this site’s own city price pages, on tax tables transcribed from state acts, gazettes and notifications, each rate carrying its source and verification date. Scope is an individual buyer’s first private car. States we cannot verify are absent rather than guessed. Tax tables verified through 2026-08-09; this page recomputed 2026-09-06, and it recomputes with every data update, so it does not rot the way a published table does.
The tables themselves are free to download and reuse with attribution on the open data page, and the scoring behind the site is on how we rank.