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MPN Motorcycle Powersports News BMW Motorrad Dealers Top-Ranked in 2025 in Powersports Study

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BMW Motorrad Dealers Top-Ranked in 2025 in Powersports Study

June 2025

BMW Motorrad dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Powersports Industry Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of customer attempts to schedule service appointments by telephone. Following BMW were Kubota, Triumph, Polaris Off-Road and Harley-Davidson. Pied Piper submitted service calls to 1,531 powersports dealerships representing 27 brands, then evaluated the telephone ... Read More >

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Powersports Business BMW dealers rank No. 1 in PSI study measuring service appointments

Powersports Business
BMW dealers rank No. 1 in PSI study measuring service appointments

June 2025

BMW Motorrad dealerships had the highest score on Pied Piper's 2025 PSI Service Telephone Effectiveness (STE) Powersports Industry Study, which measured the efficiency and quality of customer attempts to schedule service appointments by telephone. Following BMW were Kubota, Triumph, Polaris Off-Road, and Harley-Davidson. Pied Piper submitted service calls to 1,531 powersports dealerships representing 27 brands and evaluated the telephone ... Read More >

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WardsAuto Want to Sell More Cars? Start by Answering Your Leads

WardsAuto
Want to Sell More Cars? Start by Answering Your Leads
Latest Pied Piper rankings reveal that quick, consistent digital follow-up is a top predictor of dealership sales success
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May 2025

Dealers who respond promptly and personally to online customer inquiries aren’t just offering good service – they’re selling more cars. That’s the takeaway from the 2025 Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Auto Dealer Group Study, which ranks how well dealer groups respond to internet leads submitted through their websites. “Modern customers visit dealership websites first, and today’s sales success is driven by how the dealerships ... Read More >

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Car Dealership Guy – Daily Dealer Live Napleton's Digital Dominance

Car Dealership Guy – Daily Dealer Live
Napleton's Digital Dominance

May 2025

On the Car Dealership Guy Podcast: Napleton Automotive’s Preston Stewart, Variable Operations Director, and Brian Cole, BDC Director “Preston, what goes into this survey, and how have you guys achieved this (top ranked for four years in a row)?” Read More >


Auto Remarketing Napleton sets record in topping dealer group rankings for internet lead response

Auto Remarketing
Napleton sets record in topping dealer group rankings for internet lead response
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May 2025

When it comes to responding to internet leads, the best got better. Napleton Automotive Group earned the top spot in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Auto Dealer Group Study, its fourth consecutive No. 1 ranking — and it set a record in the process. Napleton’s average internet lead effectiveness score of 91 among its dealerships is the first to break the 90-point barrier in Pied Piper’s annual study carried the dealership ... Read More >

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Automotive News Dealerships: Call, text or email to boost web lead response times

Automotive News
Dealerships: Call, text or email to boost web lead response times

May 2025

Dealerships that use email, text messages and phone calls in tandem to address online customer inquiries improve their web lead response times, industry consulting firm Pied Piper said in a new report. Pied Piper CEO Fran O’Hagan said pursuing the options together helps reach customers more effectively. “Otherwise, customers just don’t see or listen to the dealer’s response,” O’Hagan told Automotive News. That’s one of the central conclusions ... Read More >

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Press Release: NAPLETON AUTO GROUP ACHIEVES RECORD SCORE IN 2025 DEALER GROUP STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS Overall industry average score improved: faster email and phone responses and more use of texts to answer customer questions

Press Release: NAPLETON AUTO GROUP ACHIEVES RECORD SCORE IN 2025 DEALER GROUP STUDY MEASURING RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
Overall industry average score improved: faster email and phone responses and more use of texts to answer customer questions
Large variance in dealer group performance: 50-point spread in average scores, with 9 groups improving and 7 declining from the previous year

May 2025

Monterey, California, USA – May 5, 2025 – Napleton Automotive Group dealerships ranked highest in the 2025 Pied Piper PSI® Internet Lead Effectiveness® (ILE®) Auto Dealer Group Study, which measured responsiveness to internet sales leads coming through dealership websites. Following Napleton were Ciocca Automotive, Herb Chambers Auto Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Automotive. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through 2,105 automobile ... Read More >

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Motorcycle & Powersports News Indian Motorcycle Dealers Rank 1st for Website Customer Response

Motorcycle & Powersports News
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 ... Read More >

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Powersports Business Indian dealers top-ranked again in PSI study measuring website responses

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. Read More >

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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

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 ... Read More >

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