Kia Seltos on-road price in Chennai

₹13,25,590 to ₹26,56,810 on the road44 variants

EMI from about ₹22,270 a month on the Chennai on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.

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Figures as of September 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

Registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

All 44 variants priced in Chennai

Variant	Ex-showroom	On-road in Chennai
HTE Petrol MT	₹11.00L	₹13,25,590
HTE(O) Petrol MT	₹12.42L	₹14,94,570
HTE Diesel MT	₹12.94L	₹15,56,450
HTE(O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹13.22L	₹15,89,770
HTK Petrol MT	₹13.42L	₹16,13,570
HTE(O) Petrol AT	₹13.72L	₹16,49,270
HTE(O) Diesel MT	₹14.04L	₹16,87,350
HTK Turbo Petrol MT	₹14.22L	₹17,08,770
HTK(O) Petrol MT	₹14.52L	₹17,44,470
HTK Petrol AT	₹14.72L	₹17,68,270
HTK Diesel MT	₹15.04L	₹18,06,350
HTK(O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹15.30L	₹18,37,290
HTE(O) Diesel AT	₹15.32L	₹18,39,670
HTK(O) Petrol AT	₹15.82L	₹18,99,170
HTX Petrol MT	₹15.92L	₹19,11,070
HTK(O) Diesel MT	₹16.14L	₹19,37,250
HTK Diesel AT	₹16.34L	₹19,61,050
HTK(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹16.62L	₹19,94,370
HTX(A) Petrol MT	₹17.02L	₹20,41,970
HTX Petrol AT	₹17.22L	₹20,65,770
HTK(O) Diesel AT	₹17.44L	₹20,91,950
HTX Diesel MT	₹17.54L	₹21,03,850
HTX Turbo Petrol AT	₹18.02L	₹21,60,970
HTX(A) Petrol AT	₹18.32L	₹21,96,670
HTX(A) Diesel MT	₹18.64L	₹22,34,750
GTX Petrol AT	₹18.72L	₹22,44,270
X-Line Petrol AT	₹18.72L	₹22,44,270
HTX Diesel AT	₹18.84L	₹22,58,550
HTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.12L	₹22,91,870
GTX Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.52L	₹23,39,470
X-Line Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.52L	₹23,39,470
GTX(A) Petrol AT	₹19.82L	₹23,75,170
X-Line(A) Petrol AT	₹19.82L	₹23,75,170
HTX(A) Diesel AT	₹19.94L	₹23,89,450
GTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹20.00L	₹23,96,590
X-Line(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹20.00L	₹23,96,590
GTX Diesel AT	₹20.00L	₹23,96,590
X-Line Diesel AT	₹20.00L	₹23,96,590
GTX(A) Diesel AT	₹20.32L	₹24,75,310
X-Line(A) Diesel AT	₹20.32L	₹24,75,310
GTX(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹21.57L	₹26,26,560
X-Line(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹21.57L	₹26,26,560
GTX(O) Diesel AT	₹21.82L	₹26,56,810
X-Line(O) Diesel AT	₹21.82L	₹26,56,810

What the road adds in Chennai, variant by variant

Five of the 44 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₹13,25,590+21%
₹11,00,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,00,250, everything else ₹25,340
HTK(O) Turbo Petrol MT₹18,37,290+20%
₹15,30,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,77,650, everything else ₹29,640
HTX Turbo Petrol AT₹21,60,970+20%
₹18,02,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,26,610, everything else ₹32,360
X-Line(A) Petrol AT₹23,75,170+20%
₹19,82,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹3,59,010, everything else ₹34,160
X-Line(O) Diesel AT₹26,56,810+22%
₹21,82,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹4,38,650, everything else ₹36,160

Ex-showroom priceTamil Nadu's road tax and its chargesRegistration, insurance, TCS and the tagOn the road in Chennai.

Seltos 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 and dieselby 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 Diesel MT, HTE(O) Turbo Petrol MT, HTK Petrol MT, HTE(O) Petrol AT, HTE(O) Diesel MT, HTK Turbo Petrol MT, HTK(O) Petrol MT, HTK Petrol AT, HTK Diesel MT, HTK(O) Turbo Petrol MT, HTE(O) Diesel AT, HTK(O) Petrol AT, HTX Petrol MT, HTK(O) Diesel MT, HTK Diesel AT, HTK(O) Turbo Petrol AT, HTX(A) Petrol MT, HTX Petrol AT, HTK(O) Diesel AT, HTX Diesel MT, HTX Turbo Petrol AT, HTX(A) Petrol AT, HTX(A) Diesel MT, GTX Petrol AT, X-Line Petrol AT, HTX Diesel AT, HTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT, GTX Turbo Petrol AT, X-Line Turbo Petrol AT, GTX(A) Petrol AT, X-Line(A) Petrol AT, HTX(A) Diesel AT, GTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT, X-Line(A) Turbo Petrol AT, GTX Diesel AT, X-Line Diesel AT
20%above
GTX(A) Diesel AT, X-Line(A) Diesel AT, GTX(O) Turbo Petrol AT, X-Line(O) Turbo Petrol AT, GTX(O) Diesel AT, X-Line(O) Diesel AT

Worth knowing before you sign

The step from the X-Line Diesel AT to the GTX(A) Diesel AT crosses Tamil Nadu's ₹20 lakh line: ₹32,000 more ex-showroom, but ₹46,400 more road tax, because the whole price moves from 18% to 20%.
The HTE Diesel MT is ₹2,30,860 more on the road here than the HTE Petrol MT, and ₹34,920 of that is Tamil Nadu's road tax.
On the Kia Seltos HTE Petrol MT, Chennai is 3rd dearest of 25 states: ₹1,67,250 over Arunachal Pradesh and ₹8,320 under Karnataka.

Which Seltos to buy

HTX to HTX(A) buys you as much for your money as any paid step up this ladder. Another step asks exactly the same per rupee, so which of them you take is about which trim you want to be on. In Chennai that step costs ₹1,30,900 on the road, rather than the ₹1,10,000 the showroom prices suggest.

Is the HTX(A) worth it over the HTX? →

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Seltos rivals on the road in Chennai

The cheapest way into this group in Chennai is the Skoda Kushaq, from ₹12,83,840 on the road, ₹41,750 under the Seltos's ₹13,25,590. Each figure is that car's cheapest variant on the road in Chennai, on the same Tamil Nadu road tax.

Skoda Kushaq
From ₹12,83,840 on the road
₹41,750 under the Seltos
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Maruti Suzuki Grand Vitara
From ₹12,98,220 on the road
₹27,370 under the Seltos
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Hyundai Creta
From ₹13,14,880 on the road
Starts at much the same money
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Volkswagen Taigun
From ₹13,20,730 on the road
Starts at much the same money
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The Seltos in its colours

Imperial Blue

Vehicle images: Kia India official media assets (kia.com/in)

How the HTE Petrol MT's ₹13,25,590 breaks down

Getting it on the road in Chennai adds ₹2.26L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.

Ex-showroom price: ₹11,00,000
Road tax (18%): ₹1,98,000
Road safety tax: ₹2,250
Registration fee (central): ₹800
TCS (1%, adjustable against your income tax)refundable: ₹11,000
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: ₹13,25,590

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

Every charge here is computed from Tamil Nadu's own notifications, each cited beside the line it produced, and last checked on 7 August 2026. Rates change with state budgets, so confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Registering a Seltos 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.

Seltos 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 Seltos on-road price in Chennai?

Between ₹13,25,590 for the HTE Petrol MT and ₹26,56,810 for the X-Line(O) Diesel AT, as of September 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 Seltos in Chennai?

₹1,98,000 on the HTE Petrol MT at ₹11.00L 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 Seltos 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 Seltos 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).