Portsmouth Volkswagen Fees & Transparency Grade: B
B
Price Transparency Grade
76 / 100
Admin Fee: $599, itemized inside the advertised price
$5 below the New Hampshire average of $604.
Score breakdown
Evidence
A new 2026 Volkswagen Taos page on portsmouthvolkswagen.com shows MSRP $34,977, a Portsmouth Discount of $1,129, an Admin Fee line of $599, and a Price of $34,447. Lease fine print states the $599 admin fee is included in the monthly payment. The site disclaimer, however, says all prices are plus tax, title, registration fees and doc fees, contradicting the 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
- Lease fine print names the admin fee as included in the monthly payment
What would change this grade
- Fix the footer boilerplate that says prices are plus doc fees, contradicting the store's own price stacks (consistency 5 to 10; total 81)
Frequently asked questions
- What is Portsmouth Volkswagen's doc fee?
- $599 (Admin Fee), checked on October 17, 2026. $5 below the New Hampshire average of $604.
- Is the doc fee included in Portsmouth Volkswagen's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Admin 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.