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Indian Motorcycle Dealers Rank 1st for Website Customer Response
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April 2025
Polaris Inc.’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Powersports Industry Study, measuring dealer response to internet sales leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, BMW, and BRP’s Can-Am Off-Road dealers. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through 2,523 powersports dealership websites representing 27 brands. Each inquiry asked a ...
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Powersports Business
Indian dealers top-ranked again in PSI study measuring website responses
April 2025
Polaris Inc’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Powersports Industry Study for the third time, measuring responsiveness to internet sales leads from dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, BMW, and BRP’s Can-Am off-road dealers.
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Press Release: INDIAN MOTORCYCLE DEALERS TOP-RANKED FOR THIRD YEAR IN 2025 STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Overall industry average score unchanged: improvements in phone behaviors and overall response rate offset by fewer personal email responses
April 2025
Monterey, California, USA – April 7, 2025 – Polaris Inc’s Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Powersports Industry Study, measuring responsiveness to internet sales leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, BMW, and BRP’s Can-Am off-road dealers. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through 2,523 powersports dealership websites ...
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Triumph Motorcycle Dealers Rank 1st for Easy Appointments
June 2024
Triumph was ranked first of 27 powersports brands in Pied Piper's 2024 PSIService 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 the Triumph dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Harley-Davidson's electric Livewire brand, BMW, Aprilia and Polaris Off-Road. "Well-run service ...
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DEALERNEWS
Speaking of Techs, Pied Piper points out that your customers are still on hold!
June 2024
"Well-run service departments focus on increasing customer loyalty, and the first service experience to drive that loyalty is a customer's phone call to schedule an appointment," notes Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan, as a preface to the 2024 Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) study. He points out powersports is failing — miserably — at picking up the phone. "Industrywide, 1 in 7 customers failed in their attempt to schedule a service appointment ...
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Study: Triumph dealers ranked No.1 for providing service appointments
June 2024
Triumph Motorcycles was ranked first of 27 powersports brands in Pied Piper’s 2024 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Study. The study measured the efficiency and quality of service telephone calls based on a customer’s objective of quickly and easily setting up a service appointment. Following the Triumph dealers in the rankings were dealers who service Harley-Davidson’s electric Livewire brand, BMW, Aprilia, and Polaris Off-Road. ...
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DEALERNEWS
2024 ILE Reveals Shocking Results – Dealers Leaving Business on the Table
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May 2024
"Three out of ten powersports customers who inquire about a vehicle will be ghosted by the dealership," said Fran O'Hagan.
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DEALER RESPONSE RATES DOWN!
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April 2024
“The powersports industry is facing some tough conditions following COVID,” concedes Pied Piper CEO Fran O’Hagan as a preface to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Study which measured responsiveness to Internet leads coming though powersports dealership websites. “But for many brands, dealership web response behaviors have deteriorated. Why? It’s not malicious. There aren’t many powersports principals or GMs who would ...
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Study rates motorcycle dealers' response to customer inquiries
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April 2024
Say you're shopping for a new ride and, like most people in 2024, you're searching online. You spot a motorcycle that interests you at a dealership, fill out the contact form on the dealer website with your e-mail address and phone number, and ask a question. What are the odds you'll get a response? The most recent test by a California-based consulting group found that 43% of powersports dealers won't send a personalized response to your ...
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Powersports Business
Indian Motorcycle dealers ranked highest in study measuring website responses
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April 2024
According to the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through powersports dealership websites, Indian motorcycle dealerships ranked highest. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Off-Road, Triumph, and BMW. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,718 powersports dealerships, asking a specific question about ...
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