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AI visibility: American automotive businesses, ranked

Measured across 18 businesses · average AI visibility 48/100 · updated continuously. When buyers ask AI for a automotive, these are the businesses it names most.

#BusinessAI visibilityVerdict
1Lee Johnson Mazda of Seattle is this you?
mazdaofseattle.com
78
Visible to AI
2South Lake European is this you?
southlakeeuropean.com
63
Visible to AI
3Remptmotors is this you?
remptmotors.com
63
Visible to AI
4Goodfellas Motor Company is this you?
goodfellasmotorco.com
58
Barely visible
5The Garage in Renton is this you?
thegarageinrenton.com
58
Barely visible
6Cars R Us is this you?
carsrustacoma.com
56
Barely visible
7Maxx Autos Plus is this you?
maxxautosplus.com
56
Barely visible
8Whitt's Auto Service Center is this you?
whittsautoservice.com
54
Barely visible
9Auburn Chevrolet is this you?
auburnchevrolet.com
51
Barely visible
10Carvana is this you?
carvana.com
51
Barely visible
11South Tacoma Auto is this you?
southtacomaauto.com
51
Barely visible
12Lee Johnson Chevrolet is this you?
leejohnsonchevrolet.com
42
Barely visible
13Centralaveauto is this you?
centralaveauto.com
40
Barely visible
14The Price King Auto is this you?
thepricekingauto.com
38
Barely visible
15Universal Auto Group is this you?
universalautogroup.com
27
Barely visible
16Gene Pankey Motors is this you?
genepankeymotors.com
27
Barely visible
17Aamotors is this you?
aamotors.net
27
Barely visible
18Vista Auto Sales is this you?
vistaautosales.com
26
Barely visible

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The state of automotive AI visibility

Aggregated across 18 measured scans in this category (anonymised, includes community scans, never names).

Visible to AI
17%
Barely visible
83%
Invisible to AI
0%

Visibility score distribution

0–19
0
20–39
5
40–59
10
60–79
3
80–100
0

Average signal scores, where the category is weak

Quotable content
64
Brand recognition
59
Trust & credibility
79
Site health
84
Machine-readable info
83
AI-ready setup
79

The category's weakest signal is brand recognition (avg 59/100), the businesses that fix it first take the answers.

Could they even tell?

0% of the 18 automotive businesses we checked cannot record a customer who arrives from an AI answer, because they carry no measurement tags at all. They could be winning here and never know.

The names AI keeps saying

Across every scan in this category, these are the businesses the engines recommended most often:

South Tacoma Auto ×3Sabeti Motors Used Cars Trucks & Classics ×3Motors Northwest ×3Maxx Autos Plus Tacoma ×3CarMax ×3CarHop of Tacoma ×3Tacoma Subaru ×2Mike's Fairwood Auto ×2

Where ChatGPT's citations come from

Measured from real ChatGPT answers to automotive questions, the sources those answers actually cite. Getting mentioned on these is how a business enters the answers.

reddit.com
671
en.wikipedia.org
646
bbb.org
531
indeed.com
376
glassdoor.com
195
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Method: seven AI engines, asked the questions real buyers ask in each category; we count which businesses they name. Scores are 0 to 100 at measurement time, re-scanned nightly, businesses drawn from public directories. Scan your own site free. Method open at github.com/techhorizonlabs/thl-open.