Kia Sonet on-road price in Chennai

₹8,51,670 to ₹17,12,470 on the road

23 variants

EMI from about ₹14,310 a month on the Chennai on-road price, at 9.5% a year over 5 years with 20% down.

As of August 2026First personal carIndividual buyerPaid in cash

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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 23 variants priced in Chennai

Variant	Ex-showroom	On-road in Chennai
HTE Petrol MT	₹7.41L	₹8,51,670
HTE (O) Petrol MT	₹7.84L	₹9,00,260
HTK (O) Petrol MT	₹8.85L	₹10,14,390
HTE (O) Diesel MT	₹9.20L	₹10,53,940
HTK+ Petrol MT	₹9.24L	₹10,58,460
HTK (O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹9.25L	₹10,54,730
HTK+ (O) Petrol MT	₹9.72L	₹11,12,700
HTK (O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹10.00L	₹11,39,480
HTK (O) Diesel MT	₹10.00L	₹11,44,340
HTE (O) Diesel AT	₹10.00L	₹11,44,340
HTK+ (O) Turbo Petrol MT	₹10.20L	₹12,23,280
HTK+ Diesel MT	₹10.56L	₹12,70,980
HTK+ (O) Turbo Petrol AT	₹11.00L	₹13,18,480
HTK (O) Diesel AT	₹11.00L	₹13,23,340
HTK+ (O) Diesel MT	₹11.06L	₹13,30,480
HTK+ Diesel AT	₹11.36L	₹13,66,180
HTX Diesel MT	₹11.51L	₹13,84,030
HTX Turbo Petrol AT	₹11.75L	₹14,07,730
HTK+ (O) Diesel AT	₹11.86L	₹14,25,680
HTX Diesel AT	₹12.30L	₹14,78,040
GTX+ Turbo Petrol AT	₹13.66L	₹16,35,020
X-Line Turbo Petrol AT	₹13.80L	₹16,51,680
GTX+ Diesel AT	₹14.27L	₹17,12,470

Confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Which Sonet to buy

Of every paid step up this ladder, HTK+ (O) to HTX buys you the most for your money. In Chennai that step costs ₹89,250 on the road, rather than the ₹75,000 the showroom prices suggest.

Is the HTX worth it over the HTK+ (O)? →

Or weigh the whole ladder: which Sonet is worth the money →

How the HTE Petrol MT's ₹8,51,670 breaks down

Getting it on the road in Chennai adds ₹1.11L to the sticker, and road tax is the biggest part of that.

Ex-showroom price: ₹7,41,000
Road tax (13%): ₹96,330
Registration fee (central): ₹800
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: ₹8,51,670

The fine print

Road tax (13%): 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
Registration fee (central): CMVR Rule 81, as amended by GSR 1183(E) dated 29-12-2016
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

Every charge here is computed from Tamil Nadu's own notifications, each cited beside the line it produced, and last checked on 2026-08-07. Rates change with state budgets, so confirm the final figure with your dealer before paying.

Registering a Sonet 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 2026-08-09.

Sonet on-road price in other cities

Same figures, same state: Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem

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

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Questions buyers ask

What is the Kia Sonet on-road price in Chennai?

Between ₹8,51,670 for the HTE Petrol MT and ₹17,12,470 for the GTX+ Diesel AT, as of August 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 Sonet in Chennai?

₹96,330 on the HTE Petrol MT at ₹7.41L 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 2026-08-07.

Is the Kia Sonet 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 Sonet 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 2026-08-09).