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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.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Michelin leads AI search visibility in Auto Manufacturers & Parts with a Goodie visibility score of 71.0, ahead of Lexus (69.1) and Goodyear (59.1). The median score across the 19 ranked brands is 35.9, and a score above 35.9 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is sina.cn at 11.5% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 2.1%.

33k prompts · 2.4m AI answers · 11.6m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 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
35.9
Half of the 19 ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Score to enter the top 10
35.9
Clearing 35.9 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 0.0 points above the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
9.2
A typical answer names nine brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Citation mix
  • UGC 2%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Reference 3%
  • Other 93%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here. “Other” covers domains we have not classified into a type yet.
Brand-owned citation share
2.1%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
63/100
Mean tone of mentions across the ranked brands that carry a measured value. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
33k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
2.4m
214k in October · ▼ 16.1% vs September
Citations parsed
11.6m
1m in October · ▲ 14.0% vs September
Brands observed
260
19 ranked here · 241 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentMarketsTop cited source
01Michelin
71.0
9.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 0.37313/13tireagent.com
02Lexus
69.1
9.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.47413/13caredge.com
03Goodyear
59.1
7.7%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.66813/13tireagent.com
04BYD
59.1
7.7%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 0.86613/13iea.org
05Toyota
57.6
7.5%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.66913/13kbb.com
06Mazda
50.3
6.5%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 2.97113/13iihs.org
07Continental
46.8
6.1%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 0.96613/13tireagent.com
08Genesis
41.9
5.4%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.47013/13consumerreports.org
09Acura
36.9
4.8%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.06411/13consumerreports.org
10Geely
35.9
4.7%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 0.36112/13iea.org
19 ranked · visibility is a six-month average · worldwide ranking requires presence in at least 5 of 13 marketsTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Oct with Sep

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Auto Manufacturers & Parts
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01sina.cn
11.5%
—
02sina.com.cn
10.4%
—
03goodyear.com.au
6.4%
—
04youtube.com
6.3%
▲ 10.3
05centralepneus.fr
5.8%
—
06desertcart.ae
5.3%
—
07auto-doc.fr
5.0%
—
08michelin.com.cn
5.0%
—
09sohu.com
5.0%
—
10seekingalpha.com
4.5%
—
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Tire manufacturers offering long tread life41182
02Electric vehicle brands gaining market share81144
03Luxury car brands with strong reliability25141
04Which car brands rank highest for safety?46136
05Auto brands with strong resale value36127
5 of 33k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
Mazdascore 50.3
▲ 2.9
Genesisscore 41.9
▲ 1.4
Hyundaiscore 20.1
▲ 1.2
Falling
Goodyearscore 59.1
▼ 1.6
Toyotascore 57.6
▼ 1.6
Lexusscore 69.1
▼ 1.4
19 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±1.0/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
7,368,090 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States4.4M
02Canada1.4M
03United Kingdom499K
04Australia304K
05Egypt198K
06Germany156K
07Italy104K
08Japan76K
09France68K
10United Arab Emirates54K
11Saudi Arabia47K
12Singapore24K
12 tracked markets

How the Models Differ

Same industry, 4 verdicts
AI Mode
0 of 0 brands visible
01 Mazda75.4
02 Michelin74.9
03 Lexus74.8
04 Geely72.8
05 BYD72.8
ChatGPT
0 of 0 brands visible
01 SAIC Motor74.2
02 Nissan73.9
03 Zeekr73.3
04 Polestar73.2
05 Michelin72.6
Copilot
0 of 0 brands visible
01 Lexus75.1
02 Michelin74.4
03 Zeekr74.1
04 Toyota73.6
05 Volvo73.2
Perplexity
0 of 0 brands visible
01 Michelin78.3
02 Continental77.7
03 Lexus77.7
04 Geely76.5
05 Mercedes-Benz76.3
This edition

What Changed This Month

Michelin leads Auto Manufacturers & Parts this edition with a visibility score of 71.0, ahead of Lexus at 69.1.

sina.cn is the most-cited source grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers, at roughly 11.5% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 2.1% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 35.9, and a score above 35.9 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 run these prompts across the tracked models and across every market we cover, so each market is scored on its own answers rather than on a global average applied everywhere.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains: the specific sources models cite most often in the answers that name a brand, so you can see which sources the models lean on where you appear and where you do not.

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Michelin currently leads AI search visibility in auto manufacturers & parts with a Goodie visibility score of 71.0, measured across the tracked AI models.

sina.cn is the most-cited source in auto manufacturers & parts AI answers, grounding roughly 11.5% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 35.9. A score above 35.9 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.