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Automotive & Mobility

A vehicle is researched for weeks and decided on a test drive.

Who decides
Individuals and families, often first-time or upgrading buyers.
What creates trust
Independent reviews, transparent pricing, a good dealer experience.
What creates friction
Unclear on-road price, slow follow-up, pushy sales, waiting periods.

What is changing

Shift 01

Research is largely digital; dealers increasingly meet buyers who already know what they want to see.

Shift 02

Electric vehicles bring new questions: range, charging, total cost of ownership.

Shift 03

Two-wheelers, cars and new mobility services follow different decision patterns.

Observed category patterns. Sourced figures are added only where a primary source supports them.

The customer

How mobility isactually chosen.

Discovers through
Video reviews, search, social, dealer visibility and friends.
Evaluates on
Reviews, variants, on-road price, finance and the service network.
Buys through
Test drive and dealer booking, sometimes online reservation.

Customer journey

8 stages, and whereMaer intervenes.

Select a stage to see what the customer is doing and what we would change.

Channels that matter

YouTube & reviewsResearch
SearchIntent
ConfiguratorSpecification
WhatsAppDealer follow-up
Service CRMOwnership

KPI tree

From business objectiveto the decision.

Likes and reach are not a measurement system. Every metric here exists to change a decision.

Business objective
Grow sales and service revenue
Marketing objective
Turn research into test drives
Customer behaviour
ConfiguresBooks a test drivePurchasesReturns for service
Metrics
Test-drive bookingsLead-to-test-drive rateTest-drive-to-booking rateDealer response timeService retention
Decisions
Lead routing rulesVariant messagingDealer follow-up standards

Illustrative operating model

  1. 01Audience and variant map
  2. 02Launch narrative
  3. 03Digital showroom
  4. 04Lead routing
  5. 05Dealer enablement
  6. 06Weekly funnel review

A public, illustrative sequence. Not a client SOP.

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