All 13 Mahindra cars in India

Those two ends move in three ways at once: which car, which trim of it, and which state you register in. Read the range as the outside edges of what Mahindra cars cost to put on the road, not as the price of any one of them.

Road tax and registration add between 2% and 23% on top of the showroom price, depending on which car and which state. That is measured across all 13 cars Mahindra sells here, in the 25 states we can price them in, from each state's own schedule rather than from a rule of thumb.

Split by what the car runs on, and measured the same way, it comes out at 5% to 22% on the petrol cars, 5% to 23% on the diesel cars, 4% to 17% on the one CNG car and 2% to 16% on the electric cars.

Once you know which of those you are shopping for, budget with its figure rather than with the whole span.

None of it includes insurance. Comprehensive cover is priced by your insurer and your no claim bonus rather than by any state, so take that number from a real quote and add it to these.