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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Press Release: 2011 Pied Piper PSI(R) Internet Lead Effectiveness(™) Benchmarking Study (U.S. Auto Industry)
Lexus, Honda, Toyota Dealerships Top Ranked for Internet Lead Effectiveness
March 2011
Industrywide: 36% of customer internet inquiries remain unanswered after 24 hours Lexus, Honda and Toyota dealerships ranked highest in a newly released Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index® (PSI®) Internet Lead Effectiveness(™) Benchmarking Study to measure dealership responsiveness to customer inquiries over the internet. The study measured average dealership performance for all major U.S. automotive brands, showing a wide variety in ...
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Yahoo! Autos
America's Best Car Brands: Toyota, Ford and Honda top the list of best-loved car companies.
August 2010
Toyota is among the best-loved car brands in America, according to our analysis, joining a couple of domestics brands--Ford and Chevrolet--in a race to the top. To compile our list of America's Best Car Brands, we looked at data from Consumer Reports that rated each brand based on safety, quality, value, performance, design/style, technology/innovation and environmental friendliness. We also considered scores from the 2010 Pied Piper Prospect ...
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