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Mystery shoppers love Infiniti, hate Tesla; The study shows "huge variation" in the Tesla purchasing experience.
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July 2016
Infiniti, followed by Lexus tied with Mercedes-Benz took the top two spots for best sales experience according to mystery shoppers from the latest Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index, while EV manufacturer Tesla recorded the lowest overall score. Not surprisingly, premium brands dominated the top ranks. Including the three already mentioned, luxury brands occupied seven of the top ten spots and included Audi, BMW, Porsche, and the only ...
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Automotive News First Shift
Infiniti Dealerships Ranked Highest
July 2016
For the first time, Nissan’s Infiniti brand dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study. Pied Piper's annual study sends thousands of mystery shoppers to dealerships nationwide to see how effectively salespeople sell.
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Automotive News
Infiniti tops survey on satisfaction among sales prospects
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July 2016
Infiniti stores outperformed all brands in a new study on prospect satisfaction. The 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index is based on the treatment of mystery shoppers who visited 6,157 stores in the U.S. The study was conducted between July 2015 and June 2016. Foreign brands dominated the upper echelon of the index -- now in its 10th year -- taking nine of the top 10 spots. Lexus and Mercedes-Benz stores tied for second; Toyota ranked ...
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Wards Auto
Mystery Shoppers Put Tesla Dealerships in Cellar – Again
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July 2016
Fran O’Hagan is a methodical guy who’s baffled as to why Tesla stores year after year score so low in an annual mystery-shopping study of dealership sales effectiveness. The electric-car maker, which has skirted the traditional dealership franchise system in favor of owning its own sales outlets, ranked dead last on this year’s Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index. The study by brand measures how well dealerships follow sales processes, such ...
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Press Release: INFINITI DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST BY 2016 PIED PIPER PROSPECT SATISFACTION INDEX(R) (PSI(R))
July 2016
Monterey, California – July 11, 2016 – For the first time, Nissan’s Infiniti brand dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study. Now in its tenth year, the study measured treatment of car-shoppers who visited 6,157 dealerships throughout the country. Study rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” ...
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Powersports Business
Triple threat: Ducati's PSI score tops again
June 2016
Pied Piper Management Company LLC reached a new milestone in 2016 — it published its 10th annual motorcycle Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) that measures how dealerships treat motorcycle shoppers in a variety of sales process categories. “We’ve had an interesting seat to observe what has happened in the motorcycle industry over the past 10 years. The motorcycle industry has improved dramatically; there’s no question about it,” said Fran ...
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Motorcycle & Powersport News
New Study Ranks Ducati Dealers Highest For Third Straight Year
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May 2016
Ducati dealerships were the top ranked brand in the recently released 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. Motorcycle Industry Benchmarking Study, which marks the third consecutive year that Ducati finished at the top. The study measured dealership treatment of motorcycle shoppers, with rankings by brand determined by the patent-pending Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring to industry ...
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Press Release: DUCATI MOTORCYCLE DEALERS TOP RANKED FOR 3rd YEAR IN A ROW BY 2016 PIED PIPER PROSPECT SATISFACTION INDEX(R) (PSI(R))
May 2016
10th annual industry benchmarking study measures dealership treatment of U.S. motorcycle shoppers Monterey, California, USA – May 2, 2016 – Ducati dealerships were the top ranked brand in the newly released 2016 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Motorcycle Industry Benchmarking Study, which marks the third consecutive year that Ducati finished at the top. The study measured dealership treatment of motorcycle shoppers, with ...
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Canadian Auto Dealer
Porsche ranks first in customer response study
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March 2016
Porsche dealers beat other brands when it comes to responding to online customer inquiries, found a U.S. study. The brand topped the 2016 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking study, which measures how auto dealers responded to customer inquiries received online. BMW and MINI dealerships were deemed the most improved brands compared to the previous year, said Pied Piper Management LLC, the company behind the study. But ...
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Edmunds
Porsche Dealerships Are Tops in Fielding Online Customer Queries, Study Says
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March 2016
MONTEREY, California— Porsche dealerships grabbed the top spot in a new study that measured how auto dealerships responded to online queries by car shoppers. Lexus dealerships took the 2nd spot in the study, followed by BMW. The annual Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index Internet Lead Effectiveness Benchmarking Study looked at online responsiveness of 18,551 dealerships nationwide. The study was conducted between September 2015 and March ...
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