Herb Connolly Chevrolet Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
60 / 100
Doc Fee: $699, itemized inside the advertised price
$141 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$699 fee itemized inside the Final Price (stack verified: $67,605 + $699 − $2,250 − $2,000 = $64,054); no channel outside the price stacks 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 $699 fee inside the Final Price.
What would change this grade
- Naming the $699 as included in any fine print or disclaimer would raise the score to 75 (B).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Herb Connolly Chevrolet's doc fee?
- $699 (Doc Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $141 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Herb Connolly Chevrolet's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Doc 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 60 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.