ever wondered whether your local dealer makes the grade in terms of service, costs and reliability? For the first time, automobile Express, motorist Power and leading data analyst Statista have ranked the top 1,000 new and used dealerships in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
The survey polled customers and peer-to-peer recommendations from a lot more than 20,000 dealers and industry experts between September 2016 and January this year to find the top 1,000. dealers were scored on quality of recommendations and information, price, offer and overall fulfillment to create a customer rating score.
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Brian Walters, research and insight director at motorist Power, said: “Consumers want to know a lot more than just the best new and used automobiles to own, they want to know the best dealers in their area to get and service them.
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“With over 16,000 new and used car dealers in the UK and Republic of Ireland, identifying the top dealers was no small task! We’re thrilled to have worked with Statista to collate the best car dealers 2017 list for the first time – we hope the database search function will verify indispensable to car-buyers.”
The best car dealers 2017 programme used two distinct online surveys: a survey of new-car buyers and a second “peer-to-peer” survey of car dealers and industry experts such as garages, repair shops and automobile parts suppliers.