Speedcraft Volkswagen Fees & Transparency Grade: B
B
Price Transparency Grade
79 / 100
Doc Fee: $400, itemized inside the advertised price
$15 below the Rhode Island average of $415.
Score breakdown
Evidence
The store's stacks show a $420 'Doc & Title Fee' (its disclaimer splits it as a $400 doc fee plus $20 title), verified in price stacks, while the same disclaimer states prices do not include the doc fee; an unexplained $299 program line also sits in every stack. Checked October 18, 2026.
Checked October 18, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its doc and title fees inside the advertised price.
What would change this grade
- Removing the unexplained $299 program line from every stack would raise the score to 87 (B).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Speedcraft Volkswagen's doc fee?
- $400 (Doc Fee), checked on October 18, 2026. $15 below the Rhode Island average of $415.
- Is the doc fee included in Speedcraft Volkswagen'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 79 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.