Tata Tiago Smart vs Pure: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹80,000 ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹5.57L for the Pure against ₹4.77L for the Smart.+₹80,000
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹80,000 ex-showroom on the same engine and gearbox: ₹5.57L for the Pure against ₹4.77L for the Smart.
For that you get 4 speakers, height-adjustable driver seat and rear defogger.
Smart or Pure, and what each costs
Where you start
Smart
Bare-bones entry hatch: 6 airbags but no touchscreen or audio.
- Smart Petrol MT₹4.77Lex-showroom Delhi
- Smart CNG MT₹5.87Lex-showroom Delhi
The step up
Pure
Adds the basics people expect: audio, height-adjustable driver seat, rear defogger.
- Pure Petrol MT₹5.57Lex-showroom Delhi
- Pure Petrol AT₹6.10Lex-showroom Delhi
- Pure CNG MT₹6.58Lex-showroom Delhi
- Pure CNG AT₹7.13Lex-showroom Delhi
Our take
Keeps ₹80,000, and gives up only 4 speakers and height-adjustable driver seat
Buy the Tata Tiago Smart and keep the ₹80,000: the Tiago Pure only adds small touches like 4 speakers, height-adjustable driver seat and rear defogger. Nothing there changes the car.
What Smart to Pure costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹80,700 to ₹1,07,080 on the road, against the ₹80,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹80,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹26,380 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, West Bengal comes out lowest, and Assam comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹26,380, and both be right.
What the Pure adds
- Speakers4
- Rear defogger
- Height-adjustable driver seat
Smart vs Pure: the questions people ask
- Is the Tata Tiago Pure worth ₹80,000 over the Smart?
- For ₹80,000 you get 4 speakers and height-adjustable driver seat, on top of 1 other thing the Smart goes without.
- What does the Tata Tiago Pure have that the Smart does not?
- It adds 4 speakers, height-adjustable driver seat and rear defogger.
- How much is the Tata Tiago Smart?
- From ₹4.77L for the Smart Petrol MT to ₹5.87L for the Smart CNG MT, ex-showroom, across 2 ways of buying it.
- How much is the Tata Tiago Pure?
- From ₹5.57L for the Pure Petrol MT to ₹7.13L for the Pure CNG AT, ex-showroom, across 4 ways of buying it.
- Is there an automatic Smart or Pure?
- Only the Pure, from ₹6.10L ex-showroom. The Smart is sold with a manual gearbox only, so wanting two pedals decides this one for you.
- What does the step from the Tiago Smart to the Pure cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹80,700 to ₹1,07,080 on the road, against the ₹80,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹80,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹26,380 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, West Bengal comes out lowest, and Assam comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹26,380, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom and features follow each maker's official material. Data updated . Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.