Northwest Hills Buick GMC Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
68 / 100
Dealer Conveyance Fee: $479, itemized inside the advertised price
$270 below the Connecticut average of $749.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$479 Dealer Conveyance Fee itemized inside the terminal price on the store's own stacks (arithmetic verified), while dealer notes on the same pages say the fee is 'not included in pricing.' Checked October 18, 2026.
Checked October 18, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $479 conveyance fee — well below the state average — inside the final price.
What would change this grade
- Correcting the contradicting dealer notes would raise the score to 73 (C).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Northwest Hills Buick GMC's doc fee?
- $479 (Dealer Conveyance Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $270 below the Connecticut average of $749.
- Is the doc fee included in Northwest Hills Buick GMC'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 68 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.