Lombard Ford, Inc. Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
70 / 100
Dealer Conveyance Fee: $699, itemized inside the advertised price
$50 below the Connecticut average of $749.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$699 Dealer Conveyance Fee itemized inside the Final Price on the store's own stacks (rendered check verified: MSRP $36,785 − $1,000 + $699 = $36,484) with an in-stack statement that the selling price includes the $699 conveyance fee, while its site footer states the price does not include the $699 documentation fee. Checked October 19, 2026.
Checked October 19, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $699 conveyance fee inside the final price and states it in the stack.
What would change this grade
- Aligning its footer with its own selling-price statement would raise the score to 75 (B).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Lombard Ford, Inc.'s doc fee?
- $699 (Dealer Conveyance Fee), checked on October 19, 2026. $50 below the Connecticut average of $749.
- Is the doc fee included in Lombard Ford, Inc.'s advertised prices?
- Yes. The Dealer Conveyance 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 70 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.