Tasca Mazda Cranston Fees & Transparency Grade: A
A
Price Transparency Grade
92 / 100
Documentation Fee: $419, itemized inside the advertised price
$4 above the Rhode Island average of $415.
Score breakdown
Evidence
Rendered new-vehicle page checked October 20, 2026, on the store's own domain (tascamazdari.com): MSRP $26,965 plus a $20 Title Fee and a $399 Documentation Fee gives the terminal Final Price of $27,384, exact; graded on the combined $419. The store's fine print states "Prices include doc fee, license fee, and title fee," and lists its per-state fee schedule (Rhode Island $399 plus $20 title).
Checked October 20, 2026Grades are scored from the dealer's own published pricing.What this dealer does well
- Itemizes its $399 documentation fee and $20 title fee inside the Final Price and publishes its full per-state fee schedule.
What would change this grade
- A dedicated fee page would raise the score to 96 (A).
Frequently asked questions
- What is Tasca Mazda Cranston's doc fee?
- $419 (Documentation Fee), checked on October 20, 2026. $4 above the Rhode Island average of $415.
- Is the doc fee included in Tasca Mazda Cranston'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.