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Leading Auto Manufacturers & Parts Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only ChatGPT answers.

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Subaru leads AI search visibility in Auto Manufacturers & Parts on ChatGPT with a Goodie visibility score of 78.4, ahead of Toyota (77.8) and Michelin (75.7). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 74.0. The most-cited source grounding these answers is consumerreports.org at 3.0% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 3.5%.

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

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Auto Manufacturers & Parts · ChatGPT
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
74.0
Half of the 10 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 72.8
Score to enter the top 10
—
Fewer than ten brands are ranked in this category, so there is no top-ten bar to report yet.
Brands named per answer
11.0
A typical answer names eleven brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.4
Citation mix
  • UGC 6%
  • Editorial 6%
  • Video 1%
  • Reference 9%
  • Retail 1%
  • Other 77%
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
3.5%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
82/100
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
10 ranked here · 188 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
01Subaru
78.4
10.5%ChatGPT—84iseecars.com
02Toyota
77.8
10.4%ChatGPT—84iseecars.com
03Michelin
75.7
10.2%ChatGPT▲ 3.683mechanicinsights.com
04Acura
74.3
10.0%ChatGPT—82consumerreports.org
05Mazda
74.0
9.9%ChatGPT—82consumerreports.org
06BYD
73.9
9.9%ChatGPT—82iea.org
07Honda
73.5
9.9%ChatGPT—82iseecars.com
08Leapmotor
72.8
9.8%ChatGPT—81iea.org
09Goodyear
72.6
9.7%ChatGPT▲ 17.081mechanicinsights.com
10Lexus
72.3
9.7%ChatGPT▲ 7.681consumerreports.org
10 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
01consumerreports.org
3.0%
▲ 0.9
02reuters.com
3.0%
▲ 0.9
03kbb.com
2.7%
—
04thedriven.io
2.7%
—
05motortrend.com
2.3%
—
06roadandtrack.com
2.3%
—
07autos.yahoo.com
1.9%
—
08lemonde.fr
1.9%
—
09slashgear.com
1.9%
—
10weldingresource.com
1.9%
—
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
01Electric vehicle brands gaining market share3345
02Luxury car brands with strong reliability1141
03Tire manufacturers offering long tread life2436
04Auto brands with strong resale value1526
05Which car brands rank highest for safety?2212
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Goodyearscore 72.6
▲ 17.0
Lexusscore 72.3
▲ 7.6
Michelinscore 75.7
▲ 3.6
Falling

No falling brands this month.

3 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±9.4/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
9,140,705 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Auto Manufacturers & Parts, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United States5.3M
02Canada1.8M
03United Kingdom691K
04Australia392K
05Egypt235K
06Germany205K
07Italy136K
08France89K
09Japan85K
10United Arab Emirates72K
11Saudi Arabia56K
12Singapore30K
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Subaru leads Auto Manufacturers & Parts this edition with a visibility score of 78.4, ahead of Toyota at 77.8.

consumerreports.org is the most-cited source grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers, at roughly 3.0% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 3.5% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 74.0, and a score above 45.4 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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Subaru currently leads AI search visibility in auto manufacturers & parts with a Goodie visibility score of 78.4, measured across the tracked AI models.

consumerreports.org is the most-cited source in auto manufacturers & parts AI answers, grounding roughly 3.0% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 74.0. A score above 45.4 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.