CBT News
Group 1 earns top marks in service customer phone calls study
June 2023
The 2023 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Study evaluated the effectiveness and quality of service telephone calls to help customers quickly and easily schedule a service appointment, placing Group 1 Automotive first among the seventeen largest U.S. auto dealer groups. Berkshire Hathaway Automotive and Ken Garff Automotive Group followed in the rankings. According to Fran O'Hagan, CEO of Pied Piper, "Customers who find making a service ...
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Auto Dealer Today Magazine
Study Ranks Groups on Service Calls
June 2023
Some big auto dealer groups don't pass the grade when it comes to service department phone calls with consumers, a new report shows. Pied Piper ranked the 17 biggest U.S. auto groups on the efficiency and quality of consumer phone calls to their service departments to schedule appointments. It ranked Group 1 Automotive tops in its performance on that measure. Berkshire Hathaway came in second, followed by Ken Garff Automotive Group in third ...
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Auto Remarketing
17 largest dealer groups ranked for service appointment call effectiveness
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June 2023
When it comes to making it easy for consumers to schedule service appointments by phone, some dealer groups, apparently, do it better than others. On Monday, Pied Piper released the results of its 2023 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness Study, which examined the 17 largest auto dealer groups for how easily consumers can call to set up a service appointment. Topping the list was Group 1 Automotive, which had an overall Service Telephone ...
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Press Release: HOW QUICK AND EASY IS IT TO SCHEDULE SERVICE FOR YOUR CAR? TOP AUTO DEALER GROUPS RANKED
Dealerships evaluated from customer's objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment
June 2023
Monterey, California – June 5, 2023 – Group 1 Automotive was ranked first of the seventeen largest U.S. auto dealer groups by the 2023 PSI® Service Telephone Effectiveness™ (STE™) Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls from a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following Group 1 in the rankings were Berkshire Hathaway Automotive and Ken Garff Automotive Group. Since ...
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DealerNews
INDIAN DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN WEBSITE RESPONSE
May 2023
Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2023 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Inc's RZR dealers, BRP's Can-Am dealers, Kawasaki and Yamaha.
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Motorcycle Powersports News
Indian Motorcycle Dealers Ranked Highest in 2023 Study Measuring Response to Web Customers
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April 2023
Polaris Inc's Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2023 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Inc's Side-by-Side/UTV dealers, BRP's Can-Am dealers, Kawasaki and Yamaha. The powersports industry has substantially improved dealer treatment of website customers. ...
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Powersports Business
Study: Indian Motorcycle dealers ranked highest in response to website customers
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April 2023
Polaris Inc's Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2023 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Inc's Side-by-Side/UTV dealers, BRP's Can-Am dealers, Kawasaki, and Yamaha.
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Press Release: POLARIS INC'S INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN 2023 STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Powersports industry performance has improved substantially over the past five years, but there is now a large gap in customer treatment between top ranked brands and the others
April 2023
Monterey, California, USA – April 24, 2023 –Polaris Inc’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2023 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Inc’s Side-by-Side/UTV dealers, BRP’s Can-Am dealers, Kawasaki and Yamaha. The powersports industry has substantially ...
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WardsAuto
Cadillac Dealers First in Internet Lead Effectiveness
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March 2023
Cadillac ranks first in the 2023 Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness Study that uses mystery shoppers to measure how well dealerships respond to website customer inquiries. Following the General Motors luxury brand in the annual ranking are Infiniti, Volkswagen, Subaru, Toyota and Volvo. This is the 13th year of the study, and overall scores have improved over the years. That indicates a heightened level of how seriously dealers take the ...
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Automotive News
DAILY DRIVE PODCAST: March 4, 2023
Ford to offer second EV battery type; Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan
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March 2023
A look at Pied Piper's survey on how well each brand's dealers respond to online inquiries.
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