Columbia Ford Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
72 / 100
Dealer Conveyance: $598, itemized inside the advertised price
$151 below the Connecticut average of $749.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$598 Dealer Conveyance fee itemized inside the terminal Price on the store's own stacks (rendered check verified: MSRP $71,450 + $598 − $500 = $71,548), while its dealer notes and footer state the price does not include a dealer conveyance fee of $598.25. Checked October 19, 2026.
Checked October 19, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its conveyance fee inside the advertised price.
What would change this grade
- Publishing one consistent fee figure and fixing the not-included disclaimer would raise the score to 81 (B).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Columbia Ford's doc fee?
- $598 (Dealer Conveyance), checked on October 19, 2026. $151 below the Connecticut average of $749.
- Is the doc fee included in Columbia Ford's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Dealer Conveyance 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 72 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.