Benson's Chevrolet Fees & Transparency Grade: A
A
Price Transparency Grade
96 / 100
Documentation Fee: $288, itemized inside the advertised price
$265 below the Vermont average of $553.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$288 Documentation Fee itemized inside the Final Price on the store's own stacks (rendered check verified: MSRP $27,345 − $500 + $288 = $27,133). Checked October 19, 2026.
Checked October 19, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $288 documentation fee — one of the region's lowest — inside the final price.
What would change this grade
- A dedicated fee page would raise the score to 100 (A).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Benson's Chevrolet's doc fee?
- $288 (Documentation Fee), checked on October 19, 2026. $265 below the Vermont average of $553.
- Is the doc fee included in Benson's Chevrolet's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Documentation Fee is itemized inside the advertised price, so the listed price already accounts for it.
- What does the A grade mean?
- The A grade reflects a score of 96 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.