Kia Seltos on-road price in Kochi

₹12,90,540 to ₹26,98,400 on the road

44 variants

EMI from about ₹21,680 a month on the Kochi on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.

As of September 2026First personal carIndividual buyerPaid in cash

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Kerala sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur.

Why

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

All 44 variants priced in Kochi

Variant	Ex-showroom	On-road in Kochi
HTE Petrol MT	₹11.00L	₹12,90,540
HTE(O) Petrol MT	₹12.42L	₹14,55,260
HTE Diesel MT	₹12.94L	₹15,15,580
HTE(O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹13.22L	₹15,48,060
HTK Petrol MT	₹13.42L	₹15,71,260
HTE(O) Petrol AT	₹13.72L	₹16,06,060
HTE(O) Diesel MT	₹14.04L	₹16,43,180
HTK Turbo Petrol MT	₹14.22L	₹16,64,060
HTK(O) Petrol MT	₹14.52L	₹16,98,860
HTK Petrol AT	₹14.72L	₹17,22,060
HTK Diesel MT	₹15.04L	₹17,89,260
HTK(O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹15.30L	₹18,19,940
HTE(O) Diesel AT	₹15.32L	₹18,22,300
HTK(O) Petrol AT	₹15.82L	₹18,81,300
HTX Petrol MT	₹15.92L	₹18,93,100
HTK(O) Diesel MT	₹16.14L	₹19,19,060
HTK Diesel AT	₹16.34L	₹19,42,660
HTK(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹16.62L	₹19,75,700
HTX(A) Petrol MT	₹17.02L	₹20,22,900
HTX Petrol AT	₹17.22L	₹20,46,500
HTK(O) Diesel AT	₹17.44L	₹20,72,460
HTX Diesel MT	₹17.54L	₹20,84,260
HTX Turbo Petrol AT	₹18.02L	₹21,40,900
HTX(A) Petrol AT	₹18.32L	₹21,76,300
HTX(A) Diesel MT	₹18.64L	₹22,14,060
GTX Petrol AT	₹18.72L	₹22,23,500
X-Line Petrol AT	₹18.72L	₹22,23,500
HTX Diesel AT	₹18.84L	₹22,37,660
HTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.12L	₹22,70,700
GTX Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.52L	₹23,17,900
X-Line Turbo Petrol AT	₹19.52L	₹23,17,900
GTX(A) Petrol AT	₹19.82L	₹23,53,300
X-Line(A) Petrol AT	₹19.82L	₹23,53,300
HTX(A) Diesel AT	₹19.94L	₹23,67,460
GTX(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹20.00L	₹23,74,540
X-Line(A) Turbo Petrol AT	₹20.00L	₹23,74,540
GTX Diesel AT	₹20.00L	₹23,74,540
X-Line Diesel AT	₹20.00L	₹23,74,540
GTX(A) Diesel AT	₹20.32L	₹25,13,900
X-Line(A) Diesel AT	₹20.32L	₹25,13,900
GTX(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹21.57L	₹26,67,650
X-Line(O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹21.57L	₹26,67,650
GTX(O) Diesel AT	₹21.82L	₹26,98,400
X-Line(O) Diesel AT	₹21.82L	₹26,98,400

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

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 Kochi that step costs ₹1,29,800 on the road, rather than the ₹1,10,000 the showroom prices suggest.

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How the HTE Petrol MT's ₹12,90,540 breaks down

Getting it on the road in Kochi adds ₹1.91L to the sticker, and road tax is the biggest part of that.

Ex-showroom price: ₹11,00,000
Road tax (15%): ₹1,65,000
Road safety cess: ₹200
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 Kochi: ₹12,90,540

The fine print

Road tax (15%): Kerala MV Taxation Act 1976, Annexure I item A, as amended by the Kerala Finance Act 2023 (w.e.f. 01-04-2023), read from the MVD's consolidated Act. NEWER than most aggregator tables (pre-2023 9/11/13/16/21 still circulates)
Road safety cess: Kerala Road Safety Authority Act 2007 cess, doubled to Rs 200 for light motor vehicles from 01-04-2023; amounts press-reported, notification not sighted
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.

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Where these figures come from

One figure here is weaker than the rest: the road safety cess is what Kerala is reported to charge, not something we could read in a notification. Treat that line as indicative and confirm it with your dealer. Everything else is computed from Kerala's own documents, last checked on 2026-08-07. Rates change with state budgets, so confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Registering a Seltos in Kochi

Cars registered in Kochi carry KL-07, KL-43 or KL-39 plates, depending on which RTO office covers your address.

Series	Issuing office	Covers
KL-07	Regional Transport Office, Ernakulam	Ernakulam, mainland Kochi
KL-43	Sub Regional Transport Office, Mattancherry	Mattancherry and Fort Kochi
KL-39	Sub Regional Transport Office, Tripunithura	Tripunithura

Kerala Motor Vehicles Department, office code directory; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2020-11-11, checked 2026-08-09.

Seltos on-road price in other cities

Same figures, same state: Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Thrissur

Different state, different figures: Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Gurugram, Lucknow, Indore, Patna, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Itanagar, Guwahati, Raipur, Panaji, Ranchi, Shillong, Aizawl, Bhubaneswar, Srinagar, Leh

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Questions buyers ask

What is the Kia Seltos on-road price in Kochi?

Between ₹12,90,540 for the HTE Petrol MT and ₹26,98,400 for the X-Line(O) Diesel AT, as of September 2026. That covers Kerala 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 Kochi?

₹1,65,000 on the HTE Petrol MT at ₹11.00L ex-showroom. The rate comes from Kerala's own schedule (Kerala MV Taxation Act 1976, Annexure I item A, as amended by the Kerala Finance Act 2023 (w.e.f. 01-04-2023), read from the MVD's consolidated Act. NEWER than most aggregator tables (pre-2023 9/11/13/16/21 still circulates)), verified on 2026-08-07.

Is the Kia Seltos cheaper on-road in another city of Kerala?

No. Kerala sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.

Which number plate series does the Kia Seltos registered in Kochi get?

Cars registered in Kochi carry KL-07, KL-43 or KL-39 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 (Kerala Motor Vehicles Department, office code directory; the live site was unreachable, so verified from the Wayback Machine snapshot of that official page dated 2020-11-11, checked 2026-08-09).