Does a vehicle's invoice reflect the destination charge?

[musiclawyer]

For example, Edmunds always calculates current market value by including destination charge to the invoice (making invoice the actual price of car to the dealer plus options, plus destination charge). According to Edmunds' TMV ( the average sale price of a car) for many mid-range cars, the average sale price is a few hundred dollars over the invoice. So, when a dealer says he or she will write the contract a few hundred over invoice, do THEY include the desitnation charge as part of invoice? See where I am going? Especially when there is, for example, a $500 or $1000 rebate, not including the destination charge as part of the "invoice" can wipe out or eat largly into a rebate. What is your understanding?

[democracyindanger]

1. Depends on the dealer

I don't think there's any regulation or law that defines what is and isn't part of an invoice price. I'd bet generally a destination fee isn't regarded as negotiable by dealers, because it's a hard fee that they had to pay the manufacturer.

But you can always ask for a complete breakdown of the OTD price of the vehicle.