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MediaPost Marketing Daily Mercedes Dealers Treat 'Em Right, Per Pied Piper

MediaPost Marketing Daily
Mercedes Dealers Treat 'Em Right, Per Pied Piper

July 2009

Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the new 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. Auto Industry Study. The study measures how consumers are treated when shopping for a new car, motorcycle, RV or boat via 3,531 hired anonymous "mystery shoppers" who go into auto dealerships and measure how each brand's dealerships treat car shoppers. The 2009 study showed that a brand or dealership's treatment of shoppers paralleled their ... Read More >

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American International Automobile Dealers America's Best Auto Dealerships

American International Automobile Dealers
America's Best Auto Dealerships

July 2009

It's partly the cars that keeps customers coming to a dealership, but it's also the experience those customers have in the showroom. Forbes reports that in the midst of dealership closures, several international brands, including Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, and Lexus are leading the way in customer satisfaction at the dealership. To generate its list of the best car dealerships this year, Forbes used data provided by marketing firm Pied Piper ... Read More >

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Dealer Magazine M-B dealers rank highest in satisfaction study

Dealer Magazine
M-B dealers rank highest in satisfaction study

July 2009

Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. Auto Industry Study, one of a series of unique national benchmarking studies that measure how consumers are treated when shopping for a new car, motorcycle, RV or boat. Following Mercedes-Benz were Lexus, Jaguar, Saturn and Land Rover. The independent study sent 3,531 hired anonymous "mystery shoppers" into auto dealerships ... Read More >

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Autoevolution.com Mercedes-Benz Dealers Ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction

Autoevolution.com
Mercedes-Benz Dealers Ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction

July 2009

It is known in every industry that consumer satisfaction is one of the key points in keeping your business at a competitive level. The same is true for the automotive industry. Mercedes-Benz has one reason to be happy about how it is perceived by the customers. Its dealerships across the U.S. ranked the highest, according to the recently released 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index. "Nine out of ten car shoppers walk back out a ... Read More >

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Autoremarketing.com Which Brands' Dealers Treat In-Person Prospects the Best?

Autoremarketing.com
Which Brands' Dealers Treat In-Person Prospects the Best?

July 2009

In an effort to see which automakers' dealers are treating vehicle shoppers the best, Pied Piper recently sent more than 3,000 mystery shoppers into various dealerships and measured the feedback. And the dealers who gained the best marks? According to the company, they are Mercedes-Benz dealers. Next in line were dealers from Lexus, Jaguar, Saturn and Land Rover, respectively. The 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index found that a brand or ... Read More >

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TheDetroitBureau.com Mercedes-Benz on top of shopping survey: Study finds many makers losing frustrated customers.

TheDetroitBureau.com
Mercedes-Benz on top of shopping survey: Study finds many makers losing frustrated customers.

July 2009

A happy customer, it's been said, is a repeat customer. Yet a surprising number of automakers and their dealers seem to almost go out of their way to frustrate potential buyers, sending them scampering over to the competition. That's a key finding of the Prospect Satisfaction Index, an annual study by the California research firm, Pied Piper. It reveals that Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2009 PSI, which looks at ... Read More >

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Forbes.com America's Best Auto Dealerships: Luxury brands offer a better experience in the showroom

Forbes.com
America's Best Auto Dealerships: Luxury brands offer a better experience in the showroom

July 2009

It's partly the cars that keeps customers coming, sure, but it's also the experience those customers have in the showroom. While General Motors and Chrysler are closing roughly 1,100 and 800 dealerships nationwide, respectively (and surviving dealerships conjure ways to attract their customers), Jaguar joins several other luxury brands in shining through the recession's haze. Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Jaguar are the top three brands when it comes ... Read More >

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Press Release: 2009 Pied Piper PSI U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Jaguar ranked highest in 2009

Press Release: 2009 Pied Piper PSI U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study
Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Jaguar ranked highest in 2009

July 2009

Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2009 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI) U.S. Auto Industry Study, one of a series of unique national benchmarking studies that measure how consumers are treated when shopping for a new car, motorcycle, RV or boat. Following Mercedes-Benz were Lexus, Jaguar, Saturn and Land Rover. The independent study sent 3,531 hired anonymous “mystery shoppers” into auto dealerships ... Read More >

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Cycle World Ups & Downs: Up to Pied Piper PSI

Cycle World
Ups & Downs: Up to Pied Piper PSI

July 2009

Up to customer service, for showing us that dealers care in the Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. Motorcycle Industry Study. The independent study sent more than 2000 anonymous “mystery shoppers” into motorcycle dealerships across the U.S. to observe and determine how customers are treated when shopping for a motorcycle. “For the motorcycle industry as a whole, the 2009 PSI results showed widespread improvement in the way ... Read More >

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Road Racing World.com Ducati Gains Market Share In United States

Road Racing World.com
Ducati Gains Market Share In United States

May 2009

New Dealership Openings and Highest Ranking in Prospect Satisfaction Index® Contribute to Company Success Nationwide Cupertino, Calif. (May 20, 2009) – Ducati North America is delighted to announce a significant boost in market share across the United States for the first quarter of 2009. Despite adverse market conditions and a drying up of consumer credit, Ducati is attracting a bigger share of the market than ever before. "Ducati has come a ... Read More >

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