Amesbury Chevrolet Fees & Transparency Grade: D
D
Price Transparency Grade
51 / 100
Admin Fee: $796, itemized inside the advertised price
$238 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$796 Admin Fee itemized inside the Amesbury Price on new and used VDP price stacks (arithmetic verified); the fee is never named in specials fine print, and the VDP description template states 'Price does not include tax, title, license, document fees or first payment,' contradicting the stack that includes it. Checked October 18, 2026.
Checked October 18, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $796 Admin Fee as a line inside the displayed price on every price stack checked, new and used.
What would change this grade
- Removing the 'document fees not included' line from the VDP template and naming the fee as included in specials fine print would raise the score to 71 (C); the $796 fee level itself caps further gains.
Frequently asked questions
- What is Amesbury Chevrolet's doc fee?
- $796 (Admin Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $238 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Amesbury Chevrolet's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Admin Fee is itemized inside the advertised price, so the listed price already accounts for it.
- What does the D grade mean?
- The D grade reflects a score of 51 out of 100 on Car Thrive's five-part rubric: fee level, fee in advertised price, disclosure, consistency and no forced add-ons. Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing. Read the full methodology.