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Honda · Lowell, MA · Ranked dealerships

Best Honda Dealerships in Lowell, MA

Four Honda dealers serve the Lowell market, with the widest grade spread in the region: two stores earn 88 A at $499 and $529, while Atamian Honda in Tewksbury earns 49 D despite the market's best Google rating, undone by contradicting fine print and a $199 wheel-locks line. Every figure comes from the dealer's CarThrive profile and fee-transparency grade page.

By Sean Western · Published 2026-11-05
The short answer · Editorial ranking

Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington is the editorial #1 pick in this selected 4-dealership sample with a CARFAX rating of 4.5 / 5 from 99 reviews. The order is set by Car Thrive editors, not computed from CARFAX or Google scores. A higher-rated dealership may appear lower in this editorial ranking. It is not a complete market comparison or a finding about pricing or sales quality.

Rankings at a glance

RankDealershipGoogle rating & review countCARFAX rating & review count
#1Herb Chambers Honda of BurlingtonFee transparency: A · 88/100
Google4.6 / 5 · 3,436 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.5 / 5 · 99 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15
#2Nucar Honda of WestfordFee transparency: A · 88/100
Google4.6 / 5 · 4,098 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.6 / 5 · 405 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15
#3Commonwealth HondaFee transparency: C · 73/100
Google4.6 / 5 · 2,573 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAXNot yet verified
#4Atamian HondaFee transparency: D · 49/100
Google4.7 / 5 · 4,687 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.7 / 5 · 976 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15

Dealership profiles

#1 · Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington

33 Cambridge St Rte. 3A, Burlington, Massachusetts, 01803

Google4.6 / 5 · 3,436 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.5 / 5 · 99 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15

Honda dealership in Burlington, Massachusetts — new and pre-owned sales, service, parts, and financing.

#2 · Nucar Honda of Westford

299 Littleton Rd, Westford, Massachusetts, 01886

Google4.6 / 5 · 4,098 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.6 / 5 · 405 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15

Honda dealership in Westford, Massachusetts — new and pre-owned sales, service, parts, and financing.

#3 · Commonwealth Honda

6 Commonwealth Dr, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 01841

Google4.6 / 5 · 2,573 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAXNot yet verified

Honda dealership in Lawrence, Massachusetts — new and pre-owned sales, service, parts, and financing.

#4 · Atamian Honda

150 Main St, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, 01876

Google4.7 / 5 · 4,687 reviewsGoogle source · Checked 2026-10-15
CARFAX4.7 / 5 · 976 reviewsCARFAX source · Checked 2026-10-15

Honda dealership in Tewksbury, Massachusetts — new and pre-owned sales, service, parts, and financing.

Buying guidance

Lowell has no Honda store inside the city. Four graded stores serve it: Atamian in Tewksbury, about six miles east; Nucar in Westford, about ten miles west; Commonwealth in Lawrence, about 11 miles northeast; and Herb Chambers in Burlington, about 14 miles south. This guide ranks the complete set, with the geography stated up front, using the numbers CarThrive tracks for every dealer: the Google rating and review count, the CARFAX rating where one exists, the documentation fee, and the fee-transparency grade, which scores how a dealer prices, discloses, and itemizes its fee.

The ranking is editorial, and the order is disclosed. We weigh the fee-transparency grade first, then the fee itself, then Google reviews. One disclosure in plain sight: CarThrive's publisher works in automotive retail marketing, including for Quirk Auto Dealers, which does not sell Honda and has no store in this market. No dealer here gets a house advantage. The winner wins on the published rubric, and the loser in this market is the most instructive store in the region.

Start with the fee, because the fees here are unremarkable and everything else is not. The four fees run from $499 to $594, all clustered around the Massachusetts average of $558. The grades run from 88 A to 49 D, a 39-point spread, the widest in this region. Same brand, similar fees, completely different paperwork discipline. That spread is the story of this guide.

A dark gray 2024 Honda CR-V EX-L parked in a dealership lot
A 2024 Honda CR-V EX-L. · HJUdall / Wikimedia Commons

1. Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington (Burlington) Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington posts the best file in this set: a documentation fee of $499, the lowest here, itemized inside the advertised price, a grade of 88 A, and a Google rating of 4.6 stars across 3,436 reviews, with a CARFAX rating of 4.5 across 99 reviews. Burlington is the longest drive in the set, about 14 miles. On the rubric there is no contest for first place.

2. Nucar Honda of Westford (Westford) Nucar Honda of Westford charges a documentation fee of $529 and earns the same 88 A, the joint top grade in this set. Its Google rating is 4.6 stars across 4,098 Google reviews. Its CARFAX rating is 4.6 across 405 reviews. Westford is about ten miles from Lowell, closer than Burlington at $30 more in fees. A Lowell buyer choosing between the two A stores is trading $30 for four miles, and either trade is defensible.

3. Commonwealth Honda (Lawrence) Commonwealth Honda charges a documentation fee of $548, almost exactly the state average, and earns 73 C. Its Google rating is 4.6 stars across 2,573 Google reviews. It has no CARFAX rating on file. Lawrence is about 11 miles from Lowell. Nothing in its file is alarming and nothing leads the market: the definition of the middle of this set.

4. Atamian Honda (Tewksbury) Atamian Honda is the most instructive store in the region. Its reputation is the best in this set: 4.7 stars across 4,687 Google reviews and a CARFAX rating of 4.7 across 976 reviews. Its documentation fee is $594. And its grade is 49 D, the lowest Honda grade CarThrive has published in Massachusetts, because its fine print contradicts its own price stacks and a $199 wheel-locks line is baked into its prices. Customers clearly like this store. Its paperwork does not deserve them. A Lowell buyer who shops here should get the complete out-the-door figure in writing and ask what the wheel locks are, because the store's own documents will not volunteer a consistent answer.

How to choose: start with the two A stores. Burlington for the lowest fee, Westford for the shorter drive at nearly the same money. Commonwealth is the unremarkable middle. Atamian is the closest store and the best reviewed, and it is last on this list for reasons printed on its own website.

Coverage notes: these four are the complete set of graded Honda dealers within about 15 miles of Lowell on CarThrive. If another Honda store in range publishes its fee and earns a grade, it will be added on the same rubric.

How this ranking works

This is an editorial ranking of an editor-selected sample. The order is set by Car Thrive editors, not computed from CARFAX or Google scores. A higher-rated dealership may appear lower in this editorial ranking. Ratings and review counts are shown separately for comparison and do not determine the order. Read the editorial guidance for the reasoning behind the selections. CARFAX sources are optional. Missing ratings are marked as not yet verified; ratings without a citation are labeled source not supplied. Scores and counts are editor-attested third-party figures—not Car Thrive reviews, license checks, first-hand visits, or guarantees. Read recent sales-specific reviews and compare written out-the-door offers.

Each guide publication freezes its selected rating snapshots and order. Editors must preview and republish the guide to bring in updated linked dealership ratings or change the order.

Sources and verification dates

  1. Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington — CARFAXChecked 2026-10-15
  2. Herb Chambers Honda of Burlington — GoogleChecked 2026-10-15
  3. Nucar Honda of Westford — CARFAXChecked 2026-10-15
  4. Nucar Honda of Westford — GoogleChecked 2026-10-15
  5. Commonwealth Honda — GoogleChecked 2026-10-15
  6. Atamian Honda — CARFAXChecked 2026-10-15
  7. Atamian Honda — GoogleChecked 2026-10-15