Kia Carens Clavis on-road price in Chennai
₹13,57,720 to ₹26,38,660 on the road28 variants
EMI from about ₹22,810 a month on the Chennai on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.
Figures as of October 2026, for a first personal car, bought by an individual and paid in cash.
Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Salem.
Why
All 28 variants priced in Chennai
What the road adds in Chennai, variant by variant
Five of the 28 variants, a quarter of the way up the ladder each time; the table above has every one. The orange is Tamil Nadu's own share.
- HTE Petrol MT₹13,57,720+20%
₹11,27,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,05,110, everything else ₹25,610
- HTE (EX) Turbo Petrol MT₹16,40,940+20%
₹13,65,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,47,950, everything else ₹27,990
- HTK+ (O) Diesel MT₹20,51,490+20%
₹17,10,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,10,050, everything else ₹31,440
- HTX (Diesel) Diesel MT₹22,64,500+20%
₹18,89,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,42,270, everything else ₹33,230
- X-Line Turbo Petrol AT₹26,38,660+22%
₹21,67,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹4,35,650, everything else ₹36,010
Carens Clavis variants on Tamil Nadu's tax steps
Tamil Nadu charges a higher rate on the whole price once it crosses a line. Here is which variant sits where.
Petrol, diesel and CNGby price
- 12%to ₹5 lakh
no variant here
- 13%to ₹10 lakh
no variant here
- 18%to ₹20 lakh
HTE Petrol MT, HTE (O) Petrol MT, HTE CNG MT, HTE (EX) Petrol MT, HTE (O) Turbo Petrol MT, HTE Diesel MT, HTE (O) CNG MT, HTE (EX) Turbo Petrol MT, HTE (O) Diesel MT, HTE (EX) Diesel MT, HTK+ Turbo Petrol MT, HTK+ (O) Turbo Petrol MT, HTK+ Diesel MT, HTK+ Turbo Petrol AT, HTK+ (O) Diesel MT, HTK+ Diesel AT, HTK+ (O) Turbo Petrol AT, HTX Turbo Petrol MT, HTX Turbo Petrol iMT, HTX+ Turbo Petrol MT, HTX (Diesel) Diesel MT, HTX+ Turbo Petrol iMT, HTX (O) Turbo Petrol AT, GTX Turbo Petrol AT, HTX (O) A Turbo Petrol AT
- 20%above
HTX+ DCT Turbo Petrol AT, GTX+ Turbo Petrol AT, X-Line Turbo Petrol AT
Worth knowing before you sign
- The step from the HTX (O) A Turbo Petrol AT to the HTX+ DCT Turbo Petrol AT crosses Tamil Nadu's ₹20 lakh line: ₹99,000 more ex-showroom, but ₹59,720 more road tax, because the whole price moves from 18% to 20%.
- The HTE Diesel MT is ₹2,34,430 more on the road here than the HTE Petrol MT, and ₹35,460 of that is Tamil Nadu's road tax.
- On the Kia Carens Clavis HTE Petrol MT, Chennai is 3rd dearest of 25 states: ₹1,71,300 over Arunachal Pradesh and ₹8,555 under Karnataka.
Which Carens Clavis to buy
Of every paid step up this ladder, GTX to HTX (O) A buys you the most for your money. In Chennai that step costs ₹5,950 on the road, rather than the ₹5,000 the showroom prices suggest.
Is the HTX (O) A worth it over the GTX? →
Or weigh the whole ladder: which Carens Clavis is worth the money →
Carens Clavis rivals on the road in Chennai
The cheapest way into this group in Chennai is the Toyota Rumion, from ₹11,22,860 on the road, ₹2,34,860 under the Carens Clavis's ₹13,57,720. Each figure is that car's cheapest variant on the road in Chennai, on the same Tamil Nadu road tax.
The Carens Clavis in its colours
Imperial Blue
Vehicle images: Kia India official media assets (kia.com/in)
How the HTE Petrol MT's ₹13,57,720 breaks down
Getting it on the road in Chennai adds ₹2.31L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.
- Ex-showroom price
- ₹11,27,000
- Road tax (18%)
- ₹2,02,860
- Road safety tax
- ₹2,250
- Registration fee (central)
- ₹800
- TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)refundable
- ₹11,270
- Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST)
- ₹12,555
- Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)estimate
- ₹885
- FASTagestimate
- ₹100
- Comprehensive own-damage covernot in this total
- insurer-priced
- On-road in Chennai
- ₹13,57,720
The fine print
- Road tax (18%)
- TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text
- Road safety tax
- TN MV Taxation Act 1974 section 3-B and the Sixth Schedule as substituted by section 6 of the Amendment Act 2023, read from the gazetted text on 2026-11-03: 'ROAD SAFETY TAX. New Motor Vehicles', Light Motor Vehicles Rs 2,250. The document is the Bill as introduced (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), so the figure is primary while its being in force rests on reporting that Act 30 of 2023 commenced 08 or 09-11-2023, corroborated by the Third and Fourth Schedules of the same substitution clause being in force exactly as drafted. The Act as passed is requested as tn-act-30-of-2023. Some aggregator breakdowns still print the pre-2023 Rs 1,500 and others print Rs 2,250
- Registration fee (central)
- CMVR Rule 81, as amended by GSR 1183(E) dated 29-12-2016
- TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)
- Income-tax Act 1961 s.206C(1F) from 1 June 2016, and from 1 April 2026 s.394(1) of the Income-tax Act 2025 at the same rate and threshold (renumbering reported, not read from the Act); creditable against the buyer's income tax
- Third-party insurance (3 years, incl. 18% GST)
- Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
- Personal accident cover (1 year, incl. 18% GST)
- Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance Base Premium and Liability) Rules 2022, G.S.R. 394(E) dated 25-05-2022, as amended by G.S.R. 32(E) dated 05-01-2024; both gazettes read from egazette.gov.in. PA cover per IRDAI circular IRDAI/NL/CIR/MOTP/158/09/2018
- The Rs 15 lakh owner-driver cover is mandatory; this prescribed rate is what most insurers charge for the annual form.
- FASTag
- Tag cost only. Issuers add a deposit and minimum balance; dealer bundles commonly total Rs 500-600.
- Comprehensive own-damage cover
- Not in this total. Lenders require it and most buyers take it, but it has been market-priced since 2007 and varies widely with insurer, cover value and no-claim bonus, so an honest single figure does not exist. Budget for it from real quotes on top of this total.
- The Rs 2,250 road safety tax, charged once when a new car is registered, is included in every figure here. Tamil Nadu waives road tax on an electric car bought before 2028, and nothing published says whether that waiver covers this charge too, so an electric buyer may pay Rs 2,250 less than we show.
- Some price breakdowns for the state still show this charge at Rs 1,500, which is what it was before the 2023 change to the state's tax act. We use Rs 2,250 because that is the figure the state's own gazetted schedule prints. If your RTO still collects the older amount, your total will be Rs 750 less than this.
Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.
Where these figures come from
Registering a Carens Clavis in Chennai
Cars registered in Chennai carry TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-09, TN-10, TN-13, TN-14, TN-18 or TN-22 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address.
| Series | Issuing office | Covers |
|---|---|---|
| TN-01 | RTO, Chennai Central | central Chennai; office at Ayanavaram |
| TN-02 | RTO, Chennai North West | north west Chennai; office at Anna Nagar |
| TN-03 | RTO, Chennai North East | north east Chennai; office at Tondiarpet |
| TN-04 | RTO, Chennai East | east Chennai; office at Pulianthoppu |
| TN-05 | RTO, Chennai North | north Chennai; office at Kolathur |
| TN-06 | RTO, Chennai South East | south east Chennai; office at Mandaveli |
| TN-07 | RTO, Chennai South | south Chennai; office at Thiruvanmiyur |
| TN-09 | RTO, Chennai West | west Chennai; office at K.K. Nagar |
| TN-10 | RTO, Chennai South West | south west Chennai; office at Virugambakkam |
| TN-13 | RTO, Ambattur | Ambattur |
| TN-14 | RTO, Sholinganallur | Sholinganallur |
| TN-18 | RTO, Redhills | Redhills |
| TN-22 | RTO, Alandur | Alandur; office at Meenambakkam |
Tamil Nadu State Transport Authority, Regional Transport Office contact list; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2021-08-14, checked 9 August 2026.
Carens Clavis on-road price in other cities
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Same figures, same state: Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem
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Questions buyers ask
What is the Kia Carens Clavis on-road price in Chennai?
Between ₹13,57,720 for the HTE Petrol MT and ₹26,38,660 for the X-Line Turbo Petrol AT, as of October 2026. That covers Tamil Nadu road tax, registration and the mandatory insurance; comprehensive own-damage cover is priced by insurers and comes on top.
How much is the road tax on the Kia Carens Clavis in Chennai?
₹2,02,860 on the HTE Petrol MT at ₹11.27L ex-showroom. The rate comes from Tamil Nadu's own schedule (TN MV Taxation Act 1974, Third Schedule Part I as substituted by the Amendment Act 2023 (L.A. Bill 33 of 2023, gazetted 11-10-2023), read from the gazetted text), verified on 7 August 2026.
Is the Kia Carens Clavis cheaper on-road in another city of Tamil Nadu?
No. Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli and Salem: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.
Which number plate series does the Kia Carens Clavis registered in Chennai get?
Cars registered in Chennai carry TN-01, TN-02, TN-03, TN-04, TN-05, TN-06, TN-07, TN-09, TN-10, TN-13, TN-14, TN-18 or TN-22 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address. The series belongs to the office, not the car, so every vehicle registered there wears it (Tamil Nadu State Transport Authority, Regional Transport Office contact list; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2021-08-14, checked 9 August 2026).