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Press Release: LEXUS, PORSCHE AND LAND ROVER TOP RANKED FOR RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER INTERNET INQUIRIES
March 2014
• No improvement for industry-average vs prior year • Only half of customers receive answer to questions within 24 hours MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA – March 10, 2014 – Lexus, Porsche and Land Rover dealerships ranked highest in the 2014 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) Internet Lead Effectiveness(™) (ILE™) Benchmarking Study, which measured auto dealership responsiveness to customer inquiries received over the internet. Study rankings ... Read More >
Powersports Business Blog
Emotion? Or just going through the motions?
December 2013
All major motorcycle manufacturers exhibited at the Long Beach Motorcycle Show this year, but while they all started with the same empty show floor, their displays were each very different. Similarly, each manufacturer was assigned the same amount of time — 15 minutes — for a press conference to share their message with gathered journalists, but the presentations were strikingly different. Some displays and presentations were full of energy and ... Read More >
Washington Post
Study: Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti Dealerships Treat Shoppers Best
July 2013
Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti, and Lexus dealerships treat car shoppers the best, while at least some Scion and Mitsubishi dealerships have a lot to work on. These results are some of the top-level findings of the new 2013 Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI), from the California sales and service consulting firm Pied Piper. This is the seventh consecutive year that Pied Piper has conducted the PSI studies, and for 2013 it's reset the industry-average ... Read More >
The Car Connection
Study: Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti Dealerships Treat Shoppers Best
July 2013
Mercedes-Benz, Infiniti, and Lexus dealerships treat car shoppers the best, while at least some Scion and Mitsubishi dealerships have a lot to work on. These results are some of the top-level findings of the new 2013 Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI), from the California sales and service consulting firm Pied Piper. This is the seventh consecutive year that Pied Piper has conducted the PSI studies, and for 2013 it's reset the industry-average ... Read More >
The Detroit Bureau
Mercedes-Benz Tops New Car Shopper Satisfaction Survey
July 2013
Showroom policies likely to close – or lose – deals. When she began looking for a new car, Chris Anderson had her heart set on a midsize Ford sedan. But in the end, she wound up buying from the Detroit maker's cross-town rival General Motors. It wasn't that she liked her new car better. It was the dealer she liked – or more precisely, the Ford dealer she didn't want to buy from. And the Detroit saleswoman is not alone. What happens when a ... Read More >
Automotive News
Survey: Mercedes stores have the most effective salespeople
July 2013
LOS ANGELES -- A study of car dealership sales techniques shows that luxury brands often are the most effective deal-closers and also are best at making customers happy. Among mass-market brands, Hyundai, Kia, Ford and Toyota were the leaders. Among all brands, Mercedes-Benz dealers finished atop the 11-month mystery shopping study by Pied Piper Management Co. of Monterey, Calif. Infiniti finished second, while last year's winner, Lexus, finished ... Read More >
Press Release: MERCEDES-BENZ, INFINITI AND LEXUS DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST BY 2013 PIED PIPER PSI(R)
July 2013
MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA – July 8, 2013 – Mercedes-Benz dealerships ranked highest in the newly released 2013 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) U.S. Auto Industry Benchmarking Study, which measured dealership treatment of car-shoppers. Study rankings by brand were determined by the patent-pending Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring to industry sales success. Infiniti and Lexus dealerships, ... Read More >
Powersports Business
Study: Consumers expect online reply in 30 minutes
June 2013
Pied Piper releases first Internet study in five years In addition to the annual Prospect Satisfaction Index ratings, Pied Piper Management Company, LLC, also released its first Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) study since 2008. For that, the company tested 19 different criteria, related to which dealerships responded to online inquires within 24 hours. “The way we approach this is exercise the same way the customer would approach this,” Pied ... Read More >
Motorcycle & Powersports News
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Dealers Ranked Highest by 2013 Pied Piper PSI
May 2013
Harley-DavIdson dealershIps Were top ranked in the newly released 2013 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) US. Motorcycle Industry Benchmarking Study, which measured dealership treatment of motorcycle shoppers. Study ran kings by brand Were determined by the patent-pendmg Pied PIper PSI process, which ties "mystery shopping" measurement and scoring to industry sales success. For the first time since 2008 , Pied Piper also separately ... Read More >
Powersports Business
Harley Dealers Rank Highest in PSI Study
May 2013
Pied Piper changes scoring system, and H-D stores remain on top As a group, Harley-Davidson dealers excel at handling prospective customers. For the second year in a row, they topped Pied Piper Management Company, LLC's Prospect Satisfaction Index, with a score of 111. And they did so despite Pied Piper changing the scoring system. Since the inception of PSI in 2007, Pied Piper has measured 57 variables when grading dealerships. Though the ... Read More >
