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 ...
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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
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 ...
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White Paper by Karolyn Hart, Wireless Ronin Technologies
Automotive Digital Signage ROI Driving Value to your Business
February 2009
Those brands that have been able to grow sales also have dealers who are more likely to satisfy shoppers. Dealers who improved their average Pied Piper PSI scores by 10 points or more from 2007 to 2008 saw retail sales increase 9% during the same time period. On the other hand, dealers for whom PSI dropped by 10 points or more saw their retail sales drop 6%. According to Fran O'Hagan, President of Pied Piper Management Co., LLC, "Today's shoppers ...
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Ward’s Dealer Business
Dealers Treat Shoppers Better
July 2008
Most car dealerships are treating their customers better, according to an annual satisfaction study using mystery shoppers. Acura, Jaguar, Lexus and Saturn dealerships rank highest in the 2008 Pied Piper Management Co. review in which people were hired to pose as shoppers, visit auto dealerships, then calculate and report their findings on how they were treated.
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Automotive Digest
Study: Dealers Seeing Increased Shopper Satisfaction
July 2008
Consumers are happier with how dealers treat them than a year ago, says Pied Piper study.
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The Car Connection
Are Dealers Doing a Better Job Satisfying Customers?
July 2008
Significantly, those brands which have been able to grow sales also have dealers who are more likely to satisfy shoppers.
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Motor Trend
Car Shopping? Study rates best, worst automaker dealers
July 2008
When it comes to getting new wheels, not all brands offer such an unpleasant shopping experience - - and according to a new study, overall industry's treatment of buyers is actually starting to improve.
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Auto Remarketing
Dealers Improving Shopper Satisfaction Levels
July 2008
If a recent study is any indication, consumers are more pleased with the way they have been treaded by dealers than they were just one year ago.
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Press Release: 2008 Pied Piper PSI® U.S. Auto Industry Study
Acura, Jaguar, Lexus and Saturn ranked highest in 2008
June 2008
Whether it's a direct response to a challenging economy and higher fuel prices or not, treatment of car-shoppers improved from 2007 to 2008 according to the newly released 2008 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® 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. The independent study sent hired anonymous shoppers into ...
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Hyundai Dealer Newsletter
Are Your Sales Associates Selling Too Hard… or Not Hard Enough?
October 2007
"The customer is king" is the oldest and truest cliché in the book. Before a stranger becomes a customer, however, he or she is first a prospect. 75% to 90% of all motor vehicle shoppers don't buy the same day they first visit a dealership. So when it comes to your bottom line, that makes prospect satisfaction at least as important as customer satisfaction.
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