Empire Ford of Fall River Fees & Transparency Grade: D
D
Price Transparency Grade
53 / 100
Doc Fee: $895, itemized inside the advertised price
$337 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$895 Doc Fee itemized as a step into the terminal Empire Price on the store's own stacks (rendered check verified: MSRP $78,320 − $4,736 − $4,000 + $895 = $70,479). Checked October 20, 2026.
Checked October 20, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $895 doc fee in the price stack.
What would change this grade
- Itemizing the $895 fee inside its headline advertised price would raise the score to 68 (C).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Empire Ford of Fall River's doc fee?
- $895 (Doc Fee), checked on October 20, 2026. $337 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Empire Ford of Fall River's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Doc 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 53 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.