Quirk Works Subaru Fees & Transparency Grade: A
A
Price Transparency Grade
92 / 100
Documentation fee: $499, itemized inside the advertised price
$59 below the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$499 doc fee itemized inside the advertised price on the store's own vehicle pages and named in its specials fine print; the group now publishes a dedicated documentation fee page stating the $499 fee is the same at every Quirk store and included in advertised prices (re-checked October 20, 2026).
Checked October 20, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Fee itemized inside the advertised price
- One uniform $499 fee across the Quirk group
- No forced add-ons found
What would change this grade
- Lowering its $499 fee to $450 or below would raise the score to 96 (A).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Quirk Works Subaru's doc fee?
- $499 (documentation fee), checked on October 20, 2026. $59 below the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Quirk Works Subaru's advertised prices?
- Yes. The documentation fee is itemized inside the advertised price, so the listed price already accounts for it.
- What does the A grade mean?
- The A grade reflects a score of 92 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.