Automotive News
AI Gains Ground in the Auto Industry
December 2025
Auto industry consulting firm Pied Piper found a way in 2025 to use AI on a grand scale. Its new Dealership Facility Consistency Study leveraged AI to analyze more than 540,000 satellite and street-view images of 18,662 U.S. auto dealerships. CEO Fran O’Hagan said the study took about a month to finish, a fraction of the time typically required for a study of its size.
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Automotive News
Chevy dealerships tops for consistent look across all U.S. stores, study finds
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November 2025
Chevrolet dealerships maintain the most consistent look in the U.S. compared with their rivals, according to Pied Piper’s new Dealership Facility Consistency Study. The dealership consulting firm’s Look-Alike Index measured the variation of features and quality picked up by its AI computer vision model. It relied on satellite and street-view images of more than 18,000 dealership stores across the country to formulate its rankings. Manufacturers ...
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Press Release: CHEVROLET RANKED #1 FOR DEALERSHIP CONSISTENCY IN PIED PIPER'S “LOOK-ALIKE INDEX™” AI COMPUTER VISION STUDY
November 2025
Groundbreaking national Dealership Facility Consistency Study™ used AI computer vision to analyze the exterior facilities of 18,662 automobile dealerships Auto brands were ranked by Pied Piper’s new Look-Alike Index™ measuring the consistency of more than 70 data points observed throughout each brand’s dealer network MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, USA – November 17, 2025 – Chevrolet was found to have the most consistent dealership facilities in Pied ...
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USED CAR NEWS
MINI USA Tops Service Scheduling Rankings
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September 2025
MINI USA ranked highest in Pied Piper's new 2025 PSI Service Scheduling Effectiveness (SSE) Auto Industry Study. For the first time, the study combined both Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) and new Service Website Effectiveness (SWE) to measure how well dealerships schedule service appointments. Following MINI in overall SSE score were Lexus, BMW, Mazda, and Honda. While MINI had the highest overall SSE score in the 2025 study, Porsche ...
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Press Release: MINI USA LEADS AUTO INDUSTRY IN 2025 STUDY RANKING SERVICE SCHEDULING EFFECTIVENESS BY WEBSITE AND PHONE
September 2025
First-ever Service Scheduling Effectiveness™ (SSE™) study combined both website and phone performance Porsche ranked highest in the Service Website Effectiveness™ portion of the study Lexus ranked at the top of the Service Telephone Effectiveness® portion of the study Monterey, California, USA – September 15, 2025 – MINI USA ranked highest in Pied Piper’s new 2025 PSI® Service Scheduling Effectiveness™ (SSE™) Auto Industry Study. For the first ...
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Outdoor Power Equipment
2019 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index
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October 2019
For the second year in a row, BRP’s Can-Am dealerships were the top ranked brand, reports the newly released 2019 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. UTV Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured in-person treatment of Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) shoppers who visited a dealership. Rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring of dealership behaviors to ...
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Powersports Finance
Can-Am tops UTV dealer survey
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September 2019
Can-Am was ranked as the top UTV brand based on how salespeople interact with consumers, according to a UTV dealer survey from Pied Piper Management. The study measures the treatment of UTV shoppers who visit franchise dealerships and ranks OEMs based on interaction with potential buyers. For example, the study tracks whether a salesperson offered a test drive or showed off the service department. Of the 22 OEMs rated in the survey, Can-Am was ...
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Powersports Finance
Kubota dealers most likely to discuss finance options, survey reveals
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September 2019
The salespeople at Kubota dealerships are more likely than other OEM dealers to bring up the topic of financing to customers, according to a UTV dealer survey from Pied Piper Management. The study measures the treatment of UTV shoppers who visit franchise dealerships and ranks the OEMs based on how salespeople interact with potential buyers. For example, the study tracks whether a salesperson offered a test drive or showed off the service ...
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Powersports Business
Can-Am dealers rank highest in UTV shopping study
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September 2019
For the second year in a row, BRP’s Can-Am dealerships were the top ranked brand, reports the newly released 2019 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. UTV Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured in-person treatment of UTV shoppers who visited a dealership. Rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring of dealership behaviors to industry sales success. ...
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MPN Magazine
Pied Piper: BRP Can-Am Dealers Ranked No. 1 in Prospect Satisfaction Index
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September 2019
For the second year in a row, BRP’s Can-Am dealerships were the top ranked brand, reports the newly released 2019 Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index (PSI) U.S. UTV Industry Benchmarking Study. The study measured in-person treatment of Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) shoppers who visited a dealership. Rankings by brand were determined by the Pied Piper PSI process, which ties “mystery shopping” measurement and scoring of dealership behaviors to ...
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