For Dealers
See where follow-up falls short and how defection insights sharpen conversion.
What’s inside the 2026 Urban Science Harris Poll report for Dealers:
- Where dealers place their confidence in 2026 across sales teams, BDCs, AI tools and outsourced partners
- Buyer preference when it comes to dealership follow-up
- How long most dealers actually spend on follow-up, and what that says about sales process design
- The defection visibility gap and the single conversion metric dealers most want to improve
- How buyers feel about in-person vs. fully online car-buying options
- The limitations dealers cite in their current sales process ranked by frequency
- The four areas dealers say would benefit most from predictive intelligence and why 94% see it as critical to staying ahead