Capital City Kia Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
66 / 100
Dealer Administration Fee: $649, itemized inside the advertised price
$45 above the New Hampshire average of $604.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$649 Dealer Administration Fee itemized inside the Selling Price on new and used price stacks (arithmetic verified across multiple vehicles); no other channel on the site names the fee. Checked October 18, 2026.
Checked October 18, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $649 fee inside the Selling Price on every stack checked, new and used.
What would change this grade
- Naming the $649 as included in offer or site fine print would raise the score to 81 (B).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Capital City Kia's doc fee?
- $649 (Dealer Administration Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $45 above the New Hampshire average of $604.
- Is the doc fee included in Capital City Kia's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Dealer Administration Fee is itemized inside the advertised price, so the listed price already accounts for it.
- What does the C grade mean?
- The C grade reflects a score of 66 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.