Kia Seltos on-road price in Bengaluru, Karnataka (2026)

Is the dearer Seltos worth it in Karnataka?

The best-covered upgrade on this car is HTK 1.5 Petrol IVT to HTK(O) 1.5 Petrol IVT. In Karnataka that costs ₹1,37,555 more on the road — against ₹1,10,000 ex-showroom, because road tax is banded on the sticker price — and it adds ₹1,22,000 of equipment we price, 110% of the ex-showroom rise.

• Dual-Pane Panoramic Sunroof · ₹55,000
• Front Ventilated Seats · ₹28,000
• 8-Way Powered Driver Seat · ₹22,000
• Wireless Phone Charger · ₹7,000
• Front Parking Sensors · ₹6,000

Kia Seltos on-road price in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and across Karnataka

These are the figures for every city in Karnataka. Road tax is set by the state, not the city, so the HTE 1.5 Petrol MT costs the same ₹14,10,788 to put on the road in Bengaluru as it does in Belagavi. The only thing that moves between showrooms is the dealer handling charge, which is not a published figure — so it is not in any total on this page.

• Bengaluru (Bangalore)
• Belagavi (Belgaum)
• Davangere
• Hubballi (Hubli)
• Mangaluru (Mangalore)
• Mysuru (Mysore)

What Karnataka charges

Karnataka bands the rate by ex-showroom price, from 13% to 18%. Karnataka also charges an 11% cess on the tax and a ₹1,000 registration cess. The HTE 1.5 Petrol MT pays ₹1,91,233 of road tax and ₹22,036 of those levies on its ₹11,24,900 ex-showroom price, plus ₹2,025 of cess — the ₹2,15,294 the table shows. That cess is 0.18% of ex-showroom, and we bill it because it appears at exactly that rate on every invoice we checked, in all 36 states and union territories. We have not found the notification that sets it, so we describe it rather than name it.

Karnataka taxes diesel up to 1 percentage point higher than petrol, so the same trim costs more to register on that fuel here than the ex-showroom gap suggests.

The tax boundary to watch in Karnataka

Karnataka re-rates the whole price once a car crosses a band, so a small move up the range can cost several times its ex-showroom difference. On the Kia Seltos, 2 variants do this.

• GTX(A) 1.5 Turbo Petrol DCT → GTX(O) 1.5 Turbo Petrol DCT

  ₹1,57,000 more ex-showroom becomes ₹2,20,270 more on the road — ₹63,270 of it from crossing the ₹20,00,000 line, where the rate goes from 17% to 18%.

• GTX 1.5 Diesel AT → GTX(A) 1.5 Diesel AT

  ₹32,500 more ex-showroom becomes ₹63,201 more on the road — ₹30,701 of it from crossing the ₹20,00,000 line, where the rate goes from 17% to 18%.

Worth knowing before you pick a trim: our verdict on whether the equipment justifies the gap is based on the ex-showroom difference, and in Karnataka these upgrades cost more than that.

Kia Seltos on-road price in other states

Not sure which applies to you? See all 36 states on one page.