Automotive News First Shift
Infiniti tops internet lead study
March 2022
Infiniti's U.S. dealers were ranked number one in Pied Piper's 2022 Internet Lead Effectiveness Study
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Wards Auto
Some Car Dealers Good, Some Not-So-Hot at Handling Internet Leads
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March 2022
Virtually all car dealers know it’s worthwhile to promptly field Internet customer inquiries, says Fran O’Hagan, CEO of consulting firm Pied Piper. But that doesn’t mean all dealers are quick enough on the draw, as evidenced by the 2022 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study. It measures by-brand responsiveness to mystery-shopping Internet leads sent to dealer websites. “I don’t think there is a car dealer out there who says, ‘No, ...
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Press Release: INFINITI DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST AHEAD OF CADILLAC AND LEXUS AS MOST RESPONSIVE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMER QUERIES; MAZDA AND SUBARU RANKED HIGHEST AMONG MAINSTREAM BRANDS
Despite inventory shortages and COVID-19, dealers who responded faster by text, phone, and email showed markedly stronger sales to web customers
March 2022
Monterey, California – March 7, 2022 – For the second consecutive year, Infiniti dealerships were ranked highest according to the 2022 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Study, which measured responsiveness to Internet leads coming though dealership websites – a top requirement for retail success. Mazda and Subaru dealers were ranked highest of the mainstream brands. “Most dealers had less inventory in 2021, but dealer treatment ...
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Automotive News First Shift
Infiniti tops dealership website ranking
March 2021
Infiniti’s U.S. dealers were ranked number one in Pied Piper’s 2020 PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study.
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Wards Auto
Digital Auto Retailing Wonderful, Not Magical
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March 2021
A mystery-shopping survey says car dealers are offering consumers more and more digital retailing tools - and 25% of their websites include the likes of "buy now" buttons. But it's questionable as to whether those serve merely as window dressing. Moreover, the 11th annual study indicates dealers whose websites feature "buy now" buttons failed to quickly respond to customer attempts to "chat" 44% of the time on average. Consultancy Pied Piper's ...
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Toyota Dealerships Rank No. 1 in Online Response Study
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March 2020
"This part of the car business is as important as ever — customers grabbing their phone and looking something up is just how any kind of shopping is begun now," Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan said in an email to Automotive News.
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Car Dealers Get Better at Responding to Digital Shoppers
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March 2020
A decade or so ago, the smartphone was relatively new, and many dealerships had separate Internet department to handle that part of the business. Today, nearly all consumers first use their phone's varied functions (including but certainly not limited to making a call) to research and shop vehicles before visiting a dealership in person. "The norm today is to whip out the phone and start shopping, which is amazing when you think about it, Fran ...
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Automotive News
Toyota dealerships rank No. 1 in online response study
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March 2020
Toyota stores ranked the highest in responding to customers who visit dealership websites in the 2020 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study. "This part of the car business is as important as ever — customers grabbing their phone and looking something up is just how any kind of shopping is begun now," Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan said in an email to Automotive News. Pied Piper submitted customer ...
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Automotive News First Shift
Toyota tops online lead study
March 2020
Toyota's U.S. dealers were ranked number one in Pied Piper's 2020 PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study
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MERCEDES-BENZ DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST BY 2015 PIED PIPER PSI(R) --MINI, BMW, LEXUS MOST IMPROVED--
July 2015
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA – July 6, 2015 – For the seventh consecutive year, Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2015 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study, which measured treatment of car-shoppers who visited 6,370 dealerships throughout the country. Study rankings by brand were determined by the patent-pending Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” ...
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