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It's very popular in the US.","imageAttribution":"UltraTech66 (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":473.1,"endTime":478.4,"type":"term","title":"out-the-door price","url":"/glossary/out-the-door-price","quote":"Hundred dealers contacted only 32 verified out-the-door price quotes that when we contacted a hundred different dealers nationwide.","canonicalId":"term:out-the-door-price","priority":0.9,"confidence":1.0,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-4.1-mini","data":{"explanation":"The out-the-door price is the total amount a buyer pays for a vehicle, including the vehicle price, taxes, fees, and any additional charges. 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