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Leading Auto Manufacturers & Parts Brands in AI Search

Benchmarks, the brands AI recommends, and the sources grounding those answers across 4 AI models.

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Michelin leads AI search visibility in Auto Manufacturers & Parts with a Goodie visibility score of 76.2, ahead of Lexus (75.3) and Goodyear (74.5). The median score across the 15 ranked brands is 54.5, and a score above 38.7 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is youtube.com at 8.0% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 1.5%.

5k prompts · 1.8m AI answers · 8.1m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Auto Manufacturers & Parts
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
54.5
Half of the 15 ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 71.9
Score to enter the top 10
38.7
Clearing 38.7 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 15.8 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
10.9
A typical answer names eleven brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.8
Citation mix
  • UGC 4%
  • Editorial 5%
  • Video 3%
  • Reference 5%
  • Retail 0%
  • Other 83%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here.
Brand-owned citation share
1.5%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
72/100
Mean tone of mentions across all ranked brands. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
5k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
1.8m
206k in August · ▲ 0.0% vs July
Citations parsed
8.1m
1m in August · ▲ 0.2% vs July
Brands observed
198
15 ranked here · 183 unranked
Brand visibility leaderboard for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Michelin
76.2
10.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 3.983tireagent.com
02Lexus
75.3
10.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 3.883youtube.com
03Goodyear
74.5
9.9%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 4.482tireagent.com
04Mazda
73.9
9.9%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.682youtube.com
05Continental
56.2
7.5%AI ModeCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.973tireagent.com
06Acura
56.2
7.5%AI ModeChatGPTPerplexity▲ 0.873consumerreports.org
07BYD
56.2
7.5%ChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 2.973caredge.com
08Honda
54.5
7.3%AI ModeChatGPTPerplexity·72youtube.com
09Volvo
38.8
5.2%CopilotPerplexity▲ 2.164iihs.org
10Toyota
38.7
5.2%ChatGPTCopilot▲ 0.764youtube.com
15 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Aug with Jul

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Auto Manufacturers & Parts
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01youtube.com
8.0%
▲ 1.4
02instagram.com
4.6%
▼ 0.9
03com.au
3.4%
04forbes.com
3.1%
05howtogeek.com
3.0%
·
06reuters.com
3.0%
▲ 0.9
07cars24.com.au
2.9%
▼ 2.7
08breakroom.cc
2.9%
09cars.usnews.com
2.9%
10performanceplustire.com
2.7%
▲ 4.5
Top 10 of 926 domains observedΔ compares Aug with Jul, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Top prompts

Top prompts sampled for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Auto brands with strong resale value26197
02Which car brands rank highest for safety?35178
03Electric vehicle brands gaining market share59175
04Luxury car brands with strong reliability21174
05Tire manufacturers offering long tread life29145
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Goodyearscore 74.5
▲ 4.4
Michelinscore 76.2
▲ 3.9
Lexusscore 75.3
▲ 3.8
Falling
Subaruscore 38.2
▼ 2.5
Teslascore 18.7
▼ 2.4
Continentalscore 56.2
▼ 1.9
13 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±2.3/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
14,533,668 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States8.9M
02Canada2.7M
03United Kingdom988K
04Australia596K
05Egypt359K
06Germany307K
07Italy207K
08Japan150K
09France123K
10United Arab Emirates109K
11Saudi Arabia85K
12Singapore45K
12 tracked markets

How the Models Differ

Same industry, 4 verdicts
AI Mode
49 of 84 brands visible
01 Mazda76.2
02 Michelin74.5
03 Bridgestone74.4
04 Subaru74.2
05 Acura73.1
ChatGPT
55 of 84 brands visible
01 Subaru78.4
02 Toyota77.8
03 Michelin75.7
04 Acura74.3
05 Mazda74.0
Copilot
46 of 84 brands visible
01 Volvo78.3
02 Lexus78.2
03 Michelin77.1
04 Toyota77.0
05 Genesis76.3
Perplexity
44 of 84 brands visible
01 Goodyear79.1
02 Lexus78.1
03 Continental77.5
04 Michelin77.5
05 Acura77.2
This edition

What Changed This Month

Michelin leads Auto Manufacturers & Parts this edition with a visibility score of 76.2, ahead of Lexus at 75.3.

youtube.com is the most-cited source grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers, at roughly 8.0% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 1.5% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 54.5, and a score above 38.7 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We execute these prompts across different models, including GPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, and more, and across different regions. This allows us to map model understand exactly "how they think" in each market.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains; the specific sources the models cite giving you a causal link between source authority and brand visibility.

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FAQ · Auto Manufacturers & Parts

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Michelin currently leads AI search visibility in auto manufacturers & parts with a Goodie visibility score of 76.2, measured across the tracked AI models.

youtube.com is the most-cited source in auto manufacturers & parts AI answers, grounding roughly 8.0% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 54.5. A score above 38.7 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.