Find my cost

Sourced Indian data

What Does Your Car Really Cost?

See the true cost of owning a car in India: road tax, insurance, fuel, servicing, tyres, tolls, loan interest and depreciation, worked out from sourced data and your own figures.

Free

A quick estimate from typical figures and yours. No sign-up, about two minutes.

Work out my car's cost
Pro

Adds your state's road tax and electricity rate, and more of your own choices. From ₹49.

Get the Pro estimate
  • Road tax
  • Insurance
  • Fuel or charging
  • Servicing
  • Tyres
  • Tolls
  • Loan interest
  • Resale value
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Built from PPAC fuel prices, MoRTH third-party insurance rules, state transport department road tax pages, NHAI FASTag pass fees, the Autocar India and Spinny used car study and CEA electricity tariffs.

The problem

You're Buying More Than the Car.

The sticker price is only the start. Road tax, insurance, fuel, servicing, tyres, tolls and loan interest add up over the years you own it, and the car loses value too.

Paid up front

Road tax, registration and the first insurance policy are paid when you buy, and they differ by state.

Paid every year

Fuel or charging, servicing, tyres, tolls and parking come back year after year.

Easy to leave out

Loan interest and the value the car loses are costs too, and they are the ones comparisons skip.

How it works

See the Full Picture Before You Buy.

Find my cost works out what it costs to own a car in India, from the day you buy it to the day you sell it.

  1. Step 1

    Tell Us About the Car

    Enter its price, what it runs on, how much you drive and how many years you will keep it.

  2. Step 2

    Add Your Loan and Habits

    Optionally add a loan, your city and highway mileage, tolls and an expected resale value. Anything you type is marked as your figure.

  3. Step 3

    See the True Cost

    Get the total, the cost per year, per month and per km, and where each figure comes from.

What you'll see

The Whole Cost, Not Just the Price.

Your results

  • The total cost over the years you own it
  • The cost per year, per month and per km
  • A chart of where the money goes
  • The cost after resale, if you give an expected resale value
  • Every figure with its source and date, or marked as your figure, or Unavailable

The free estimate uses typical figures and yours. Pro adds your state's road tax and electricity rate, with a source on each line.

Costs we look at

  • Road tax and registration
  • Third-party insurance
  • Fuel or electricity, with a city and highway mix
  • Servicing and tyres
  • FASTag, tolls and parking
  • Loan interest
  • Depreciation, from a published study

A cost we have no figure for shows as Unavailable. We never fill the gap with a guess.

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Benefits

Make Your Next Car Purchase a More Informed One.

  • Look Beyond the Sticker PriceSee the road tax, insurance, fuel, servicing and tyres that come with the car.
  • Compare Two Cars FairlyPut the same years, the same driving and the same loan on both, and compare the totals.
  • Make a More Confident DecisionKnow the monthly and per km cost before you commit to a car.