Shaker's Family Hyundai Fees & Transparency Grade: C
C
Price Transparency Grade
66 / 100
Document Fee: $799, itemized inside the advertised price
$50 above the Connecticut average of $749.
Score breakdown
Evidence
$799 Document Fee itemized into the final 'Price After Fees' on the store's own vehicle pages — the fee-inclusive figure is the advertised price — while VDP notes state prices 'do not include … documentation charges ($799).' Checked October 18, 2026.
Checked October 18, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Builds its $799 fee into the advertised price shoppers see.
What would change this grade
- Removing the contradicting notes would raise the score to 71 (C).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Shaker's Family Hyundai's doc fee?
- $799 (Document Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $50 above the Connecticut average of $749.
- Is the doc fee included in Shaker's Family Hyundai's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Document 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 66 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.