Shearer Volkswagen of South Burlington Fees & Transparency Grade: A
A
Price Transparency Grade
92 / 100
Doc Fee: $349, itemized inside the advertised price
$204 below the Vermont average of $553.
Score breakdown
Evidence
Rendered new and used vehicle pages checked October 20, 2026: on a new Atlas Cross Sport, MSRP $53,328 less a $1,856 dealer discount and $3,750 of Volkswagen offers, plus a $349 Doc Fee, gives a terminal Price After Offers of $48,071, exact; a used Altima stack likewise adds the same $349 Doc Fee inside its $12,340 Your Price. A sentence in the financing-offer terms says tax, tags, and doc fees are additional; the store's own stacks include the fee.
Checked October 20, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $349 doc fee inside the advertised price on new and used vehicles alike.
What would change this grade
- A dedicated fee page would raise the score to 96 (A).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Shearer Volkswagen of South Burlington's doc fee?
- $349 (Doc Fee), checked on October 20, 2026. $204 below the Vermont average of $553.
- Is the doc fee included in Shearer Volkswagen of South Burlington's advertised prices?
- Yes. The Doc 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.