Kia North Danvers Fees & Transparency Grade: B
B
Price Transparency Grade
76 / 100
Doc Fee: $599, itemized inside the advertised price
$41 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
A new 2026 Kia Carnival page on kianorthdanvers.com shows MSRP $39,715, a dealer discount of $1,986, a Doc Fee line of $599, and a Sale Price of $38,328. Lease fine print states the $599 admin fee is included in the lease payment. The site footer, however, says all prices are plus tax, title, registration fees and doc fees, contradicting the price stack that already includes the fee.
Checked October 17, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Fee itemized inside the advertised price
- Specials fine print names the admin fee as included in the lease payment
- No forced add-ons found
What would change this grade
- Fix the footer template that says prices are plus doc fees, contradicting the store's own price stacks (consistency 5 to 10; total 81)
- A dedicated public fee page would raise disclosure to 20 of 20
Frequently asked questions
- What is Kia North Danvers's doc fee?
- $599 (Doc Fee), checked on October 17, 2026. $41 above the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Kia North Danvers's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Doc Fee is itemized inside the advertised price, so the listed price already accounts for it.
- What does the B grade mean?
- The B grade reflects a score of 76 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.