Salvadore Chevrolet Fees & Transparency Grade: B
B
Price Transparency Grade
83 / 100
Doc Fee: $499, itemized inside the advertised price
$59 below the Massachusetts average of $558.
Score breakdown
Evidence
Rendered new-vehicle page checked October 20, 2026: MSRP $44,290 plus a $499 Doc Fee, less a $3,500 Salvadore Discount and $1,000 Customer Cash, gives a terminal Sale Price of $40,289, exact. The fee is woven inside the price, but the site's bottom disclaimer says prices "do not include government fees, taxes, finance charges, and dealer documentation fee," contradicting the store's own stack.
Checked October 20, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $499 doc fee inside the Sale Price.
What would change this grade
- Removing the disclaimer sentence that contradicts its own price stack would raise the score to 88 (A).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Salvadore Chevrolet's doc fee?
- $499 (Doc Fee), checked on October 20, 2026. $59 below the Massachusetts average of $558.
- Is the doc fee included in Salvadore Chevrolet'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 83 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.