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54% -- text response usage rate for car dealerships (2026)
According to the 2026 Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness study, car dealerships used texting to answer customer questions 54% of the time.
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2026
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30
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95
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Pied Piper
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https://www.useflai.com/blog/bdc-automotive-scripts-dealership-playbook ↗
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Automotive BDC Scripts: Dealership Playbook (2026)
Automotive BDC Scripts: Dealership Playbook (2026)
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2026 Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness study
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car dealerships: 54% text response usage rate. Source: Pied Piper (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pied-piper-text-response-54
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