Mahindra Thar OG on-road price in Imphal, Manipur (2026)

Is the dearer Thar OG worth it in Manipur?

The best-covered upgrade on this car is LXT 2.0 Turbo Petrol AT 4WD to ZXT 2.0 Turbo Petrol AT 4WD. In Manipur that costs ₹59,419 more on the road — against ₹52,500 ex-showroom, because road tax is banded on the sticker price — and it adds ₹93,575 of equipment we price, 178% of the ex-showroom rise.

• 6 Airbags Standard · ₹28,500
• Full LED Headlamps with LED DRLs · ₹22,800
• Leatherette Upholstery · ₹11,400
• LED Fog Lamps · ₹8,550
• Wireless Phone Charger · ₹6,650

Mahindra Thar OG on-road price in Imphal

Road tax is set by the state, not the dealer, so the AXT 1.5 Diesel MT costs ₹11,60,798 to put on the road anywhere in Manipur. 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.

What Manipur charges

Manipur bands the rate by ex-showroom price, from 4% to 8%. The AXT 1.5 Diesel MT pays ₹61,920 of road tax on its ₹10,32,000 ex-showroom price, plus ₹1,858 of cess — the ₹63,778 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.

Manipur 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 Manipur

Manipur 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 Mahindra Thar OG, 2 variants do this.

• ZXT 1.5 Diesel MT → LXT 2.2 Diesel MT 4WD

  ₹2,43,500 more ex-showroom becomes ₹2,89,584 more on the road — ₹46,084 of it from crossing the ₹15,00,000 line, where the rate goes from 6% to 7%.

• LXT 2.0 Turbo Petrol AT → LXT 2.0 Turbo Petrol MT 4WD

  ₹83,000 more ex-showroom becomes ₹1,08,704 more on the road — ₹25,704 of it from crossing the ₹15,00,000 line, where the rate goes from 6% to 7%.

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 Manipur these upgrades cost more than that.

Mahindra Thar OG on-road price in other states

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