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It looks like dealers' facility upgrades do sell more cars
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January 2026
Pied Piper, a consultancy, just did an inaugural Dealership Facility Consistency Study to see how well individual brands have achieved a common, appealing look of their sales points. The company used Google’s satellite and street imagery, matched with artificial intelligence, to visually analyze all 18,862 dealerships in the U.S. for its “look-alike index,” Pied Piper CEO Fran O’Hagan told WardsAuto. However, he said that sometimes it’s fine ...
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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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