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Leading Auto Manufacturers & Parts Brands in AI Search in Canada

The Auto Manufacturers & Parts index re-ranked using only prompts and answers from Canada.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Lexus leads AI search visibility in Auto Manufacturers & Parts in Canada with a Goodie visibility score of 75.6, ahead of Michelin (75.3) and Toyota (74.4). The median score across the 18 ranked brands is 37.2, and a score above 36.9 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is youtube.com at 6.8% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 2.4%.

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

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Auto Manufacturers & Parts · Canada
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
37.2
Half of the 18 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
36.9
Clearing 36.9 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 0.2 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
9.3
A typical answer names nine brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 7.5
Citation mix
  • UGC 5%
  • Editorial 5%
  • Video 2%
  • Reference 4%
  • Other 84%
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
2.4%
Owned content is weak here: third-party sources decide most of these answers.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
64/100
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
18 ranked here · 242 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 monthSentimentTop cited source
01Lexus
75.6
10.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 1.271caredge.com
02Michelin
75.3
10.2%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 6.373tireagent.com
03Toyota
74.4
10.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity·65kbb.com
04Mazda
56.0
7.6%AI ModeChatGPTCopilot▲ 2.271iihs.org
05Volvo
55.5
7.5%ChatGPTCopilotPerplexity—59iihs.org
06BYD
55.0
7.4%ChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.972caredge.com
07Goodyear
54.4
7.4%AI ModeChatGPTCopilot▼ 2.363tireagent.com
08Genesis
37.7
5.1%CopilotPerplexity▼ 2.172consumerreports.org
09Subaru
37.4
5.0%AI ModePerplexity▼ 0.964iihs.org
10Honda
36.9
5.0%AI ModePerplexity▼ 0.460kbb.com
18 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop 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
01youtube.com
6.8%
▲ 9.9
02driving.ca
4.2%
—
03yahoo.com
4.2%
—
04apnews.com
3.6%
—
05migotire.com
3.6%
—
06pmctire.com
3.6%
—
07consumerreports.org
3.5%
▼ 1.5
08usatoday.com
3.5%
—
09insideevs.com
3.2%
—
10performanceplustire.com
3.0%
—
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
01Which car brands rank highest for safety?46171
02Tire manufacturers offering long tread life30145
03Electric vehicle brands gaining market share92132
04Luxury car brands with strong reliability19115
05Auto brands with strong resale value37110
5 of 33k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
Michelinscore 75.3
▲ 6.3
Mazdascore 56.0
▲ 2.2
Acurascore 36.9
▲ 1.8
Falling
Cadillacscore 18.1
▼ 5.5
Chevroletscore 18.8
▼ 3.6
Goodyearscore 54.4
▼ 2.3
15 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±2.1/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
This edition

What Changed This Month

Lexus leads Auto Manufacturers & Parts this edition with a visibility score of 75.6, ahead of Michelin at 75.3.

youtube.com is the most-cited source grounding auto manufacturers & parts answers, at roughly 6.8% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 2.4% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 37.2, and a score above 36.9 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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FAQ · Auto Manufacturers & Parts

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Lexus currently leads AI search visibility in auto manufacturers & parts with a Goodie visibility score of 75.6, measured across the tracked AI models.

youtube.com is the most-cited source in auto manufacturers & parts AI answers, grounding roughly 6.8% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked auto manufacturers & parts brands is 37.2. A score above 36.9 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.