Subaru · Lynn, MA · Ranked dealerships
Best Subaru Dealerships in Lynn, MA
Two Subaru dealers serve the Lynn market, and they price their fees opposite ways. Ira Subaru in Danvers charges $495 inside the advertised price and earns 88 A, while Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield charges $549 and keeps it out of the advertised price, earning 60 C. Every figure comes from the dealer's CarThrive profile and fee-transparency grade page.
By Sean Western · Published 2026-11-05Ira Subaru is the editorial #1 pick in this selected 2-dealership sample with a CARFAX rating of 4.4 / 5 from 425 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
| Rank | Dealership | Google rating & review count | CARFAX rating & review count |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ira SubaruFee transparency: A · 88/100 | ||
| #2 | Albrecht Subaru of WakefieldFee transparency: C · 60/100 |
Dealership profiles
#1 · Ira Subaru
97A Andover St, Danvers, MA, 01923
Ira Subaru is a Subaru dealership in Danvers, Massachusetts.
#2 · Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield
618 North Ave, Wakefield, MA, 01880
Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield is a Subaru dealership in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Buying guidance
Lynn's Subaru market is two stores: Ira Subaru in Danvers, about eight miles north, and Albrecht Subaru in Wakefield, about ten miles northwest. Neither is in Lynn itself, and one honest note about this market belongs up front: Peabody, Salem, and Saugus, the towns between Lynn and both stores, have no graded Subaru dealer on CarThrive at all. This guide ranks the complete graded 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 has a Subaru store in Braintree, well outside this market. No dealer here gets a house advantage. The winner wins on the published rubric.
Start with the fee, because these two stores charge similar money in opposite ways. Ira charges $495, inside the advertised price, fully itemized. Albrecht charges $549, and the fee does not appear in the advertised price at all; it exists only in disclaimer text. The Massachusetts average documentation fee is $558, so both fees are ordinary in size. The 28-point grade gap between these stores is not about the amount. It is about whether the price you see is the price the deal is built on.

1. Ira Subaru (Danvers) Ira Subaru posts the strongest Subaru file on the North Shore: a documentation fee of $495, $63 under the state average, itemized inside the advertised price, a fee-transparency grade of 88 A, and a Google rating of 4.5 stars across 3,828 reviews, the deepest base in this set, with a CARFAX rating of 4.4 across 425 reviews. Danvers is about eight miles from Lynn. On every measure this guide tracks, Ira is the first stop.
2. Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield (Wakefield) Albrecht Subaru charges a documentation fee of $549 and earns 60 C. The deduction is specific and severe: because the fee is kept out of the advertised price, it scores 6 of 30 on the component that measures exactly that. Its reputation is genuinely fine, 4.4 stars across 1,818 Google reviews and a CARFAX rating of 4.7 across 706 reviews, the better CARFAX mark in this set. None of that answers the only question the grade asks: can a shopper see the whole price before visiting? At Albrecht, the answer is no, and the fee only appears in the fine print.
How to choose: start in Danvers, where the fee is lower, the grade is 28 points higher, and the price you see online is the price the deal starts from. If you shop in Wakefield for any reason, get the complete out-the-door figure in writing before you discuss the car, because the advertised price will not give it to you.
Coverage notes: these two are the complete set of graded Subaru dealers within about 12 miles of Lynn on CarThrive. If another Subaru 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
- Ira Subaru — CARFAXChecked 2026-10-09
- Ira Subaru — GoogleChecked 2026-10-09
- Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield — CARFAXChecked 2026-10-09
- Albrecht Subaru of Wakefield — GoogleChecked 2026-10-09