Tata Nexon on-road price in Salem
₹8,52,790 to ₹17,44,470 on the road82 variants
EMI from about ₹14,330 a month on the Salem 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 Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli.
Why
All 82 variants priced in Salem
What the road adds in Salem, variant by variant
Five of the 82 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.
- Smart Turbo Petrol MT₹8,52,790+15%
₹7,40,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹98,450, everything else ₹14,340
- Creative+ S Turbo Petrol MT₹12,62,520+21%
₹10,47,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹1,90,710, everything else ₹24,810
- Creative CAMO Turbo Petrol DCA₹14,05,320+20%
₹11,67,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,12,310, everything else ₹26,010
- Creative+ PS Dark CNG MT₹15,48,120+20%
₹12,87,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,33,910, everything else ₹27,210
- Fearless+ PS Red Dark Diesel AT₹17,44,470+20%
₹14,52,000 ex-showroom, Tamil Nadu takes ₹2,63,610, everything else ₹28,860
Nexon 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
Smart Turbo Petrol MT, Smart+ Turbo Petrol MT, Smart CNG MT, Smart+ S Turbo Petrol MT, Smart+ Turbo Petrol AT, Pure+ Turbo Petrol MT, Smart+ Diesel MT, Smart+ CNG MT, Pure+ S Turbo Petrol MT, Smart+ S Diesel MT, Smart+ S CNG MT, Pure+ Turbo Petrol AT, Pure+ PS Turbo Petrol MT, Pure+ S Turbo Petrol AT, Pure+ Diesel MT, Pure+ S CNG MT, Pure+ CNG MT
- 18%to ₹20 lakh
Creative Turbo Petrol MT, Creative CAMO Turbo Petrol MT, Pure+ PS Turbo Petrol AT, Creative+ S Turbo Petrol MT, Pure+ S Diesel MT, Pure+ PS CNG MT, Creative+ S CAMO Turbo Petrol MT, Pure+ PS Diesel MT, Creative Turbo Petrol AMT, Pure+ Diesel AT, Creative+ S Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Creative CAMO Turbo Petrol AMT, Creative+ S Turbo Petrol AT, Creative CNG MT, Pure+ PS Diesel AT, Creative Diesel MT, Creative+ S CAMO Turbo Petrol AT, Creative Turbo Petrol DCA, Creative+ PS Turbo Petrol MT, Creative CAMO CNG MT, Creative+ S CNG MT, Creative+ S Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Creative+ S Diesel MT, Creative CAMO Diesel MT, Creative CAMO Turbo Petrol DCA, Creative+ PS CAMO Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ S CAMO CNG MT, Creative+ PS Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ S CAMO Diesel MT, Creative+ S Dark CNG MT, Creative Diesel AT, Creative+ S Dark Diesel MT, Creative CAMO Diesel AT, Creative+ S Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ PS CNG MT, Creative+ S CAMO Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ PS Diesel MT, Fearless+ PS CAMO Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ PS Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ PS Red Dark Turbo Petrol MT, Creative+ S Dark Diesel AT, Creative+ PS CAMO CNG MT, Creative+ PS Dark CNG MT, Creative+ PS CAMO Turbo Petrol AT, Creative+ PS Dark Diesel MT, Creative+ PS Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Creative+ PS Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS CNG MT, Fearless+ PS Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ PS Diesel MT, Fearless+ PS Dark CNG MT, Creative+ PS Dark Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS CAMO CNG MT, Fearless+ PS Red Dark CNG MT, Fearless+ A PS Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ PS Dark Diesel MT, Fearless+ PS Red Dark Diesel MT, Fearless+ A PS Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ A PS CAMO Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ A PS Red Dark Turbo Petrol AT, Fearless+ PS Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS Dark Diesel AT, Fearless+ PS Red Dark Diesel AT
- 20%above
no variant here
Worth knowing before you sign
- The step from the Pure+ S Turbo Petrol AT to the Creative Turbo Petrol MT crosses Tamil Nadu's ₹10 lakh line: ₹17,000 more ex-showroom, but ₹53,060 more road tax, because the whole price moves from 13% to 18%.
- The Smart+ Diesel MT is ₹2,11,310 more on the road here than the Smart Turbo Petrol MT, and ₹24,310 of that is Tamil Nadu's road tax.
- On the Tata Nexon Smart Turbo Petrol MT, Salem is 4th dearest of 25 states: ₹76,250 over Arunachal Pradesh and ₹17,546 under Karnataka.
Which Nexon to buy
Of every paid step up this ladder, Creative+ PS Dark to Fearless+ PS buys you the most for your money. In Salem that step costs ₹65,450 on the road, rather than the ₹55,000 the showroom prices suggest.
Nexon rivals on the road in Salem
None of these starts meaningfully under the Nexon's ₹8,52,790 on the road in Salem. Each figure is that car's cheapest variant on the road in Salem, on the same Tamil Nadu road tax.
The Nexon in its colours
Calgury White
Vehicle images: Tata Motors official media assets
How the Smart Turbo Petrol MT's ₹8,52,790 breaks down
Getting it on the road in Salem adds ₹1.13L to the ex-showroom price, and road tax is the biggest part of that.
- Ex-showroom price
- ₹7,40,000
- Road tax (13%)
- ₹96,200
- Road safety tax
- ₹2,250
- 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 Salem
- ₹8,52,790
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
- 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
- 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
Nexon on-road price in other cities
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Same figures, same state: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli
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
Questions buyers ask
What is the Tata Nexon on-road price in Salem?
Between ₹8,52,790 for the Smart Turbo Petrol MT and ₹17,44,470 for the Fearless+ PS Red Dark Diesel 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 Tata Nexon in Salem?
₹96,200 on the Smart Turbo Petrol MT at ₹7.40L 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 Tata Nexon cheaper on-road in another city of Tamil Nadu?
No. Tamil Nadu sets these charges, so the same figures apply in Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirappalli: registering in a different city of the state does not change them.