Industry report · Data as of 1. July 2026
Automotive & Mobility
AI models recommend VISION mobility 28 times in this vertical, but the brand does not appear in classic web search.
VISION mobility is the most frequently cited brand by AI assistants, although it does not appear in the top ten results of classic web search. A categorical mismatch is evident in the AI responses, which disproportionately surface a media publication for transactional queries that specifically seek vehicle marketplaces and mobility service providers.
15 Queries Sample: 195 AI models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity
The 10 most visible brands in AI answers
Ranked by AI prominence, a consolidated 0–100 visibility score: how often a brand is named, across how many AI models, at what position, and in what sentiment. Two further factors (recommendation strength, momentum) cannot be measured here and remain hidden.
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FINN is cited across all four measured AI platforms in 20% of queries, achieving a higher average position in AI answers (2.1) compared to its classic web search rank (5.2). The brand exhibits a notably strong sentiment skew, registering 15 positive mentions alongside only four neutral ones.
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ADAC appears in 60% of queries across all four AI platforms, demonstrating extensive coverage. Despite this frequent AI presence, the institution maintains a higher average ranking in classic web search (3.9) than its average placement within AI-generated answers (6.2).
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GoLeasy is referenced in 40% of queries by Gemini, Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Claude, showing a slightly higher average position in AI answers (4.5) than in classic web search (5.4). The marketplace maintains a favorable sentiment profile, generating 14 positive and 12 neutral mentions.
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Sixt is referenced by all four AI platforms in 33% of queries, securing a notably higher average placement in AI results (2.7) than its 6.4 rank in classic web search. The brand's mentions are heavily skewed toward neutral contexts, with 21 neutral citations and only two positive ones.
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Smartwerkstatt is cited in just 7% of queries across all four AI platforms but demonstrates an entirely AI-driven visibility profile. The product averages a 3.0 position in AI answers while failing to reach the top 10 in classic web search, and all 10 of its AI mentions register as positive.
| # | Brand | Prominence |
|---|---|---|
| 6 |
VISION mobility
vision-mobility.de
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62.3 |
| 7 |
Leasingmarkt
leasingmarkt.de
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61.9 |
| 8 |
Capterra
capterra.com
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61.9 |
| 9 |
mobile.de
mobile.de
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61.6 |
| 10 |
AutoScout24
autoscout24.de
|
61.3 |
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Brands present in both channels, normalized to the per-channel peak and sorted by asymmetry. A long AI bar next to a short web-search bar means the brand is named disproportionately often by AI models even though it barely appears in organic web-search results. The reverse holds too.
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AI top 10 vs. web-search top 10
On the left, the brands named most often in AI answers; on the right, the brands most visible in classic web-search results. Pink lines connect brands that appear in both top-10 lists.
3 AI only 7 in both 3 web search only
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69 Nennungen
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46 Nennungen
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42 Nennungen
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36 Nennungen
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35 Nennungen
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ADAC⌀ Rank 3,9 · 8 Treffer
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Mivodo⌀ Rank 3,3 · 4 Treffer
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Leasingmarkt⌀ Rank 3,8 · 4 Treffer
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GoLeasy⌀ Rank 5,4 · 5 Treffer
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Allane⌀ Rank 4,5 · 4 Treffer
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Achtung.app sends typical German-language queries for each industry to classic web search and to the active AI models. Queries are brand-free, so results show which brands surface organically. Both channels receive identical prompts so answers can be compared directly. Every brand named in the responses is extracted and consolidated on its canonical domain. The classic-web-search source is Brave Search, a Google-independent organic index.
3 runs per AI model per query; classic web search via a single top-10 fetch. Models queried: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity. Platforms and infrastructure (e.g. Google Analytics, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok) are excluded from the brand list because they are marketing channels, not competitors.
Frequently asked questions about this report
AI prominence is a 0–100 score built from four measured factors: in how many queries the brand is named (coverage), how many of the evaluated AI platforms cite it (breadth), where it appears in the answers (position), and how the mentions read (sentiment). Only measured values go in — no estimates.
This report is based on answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity. Each query was asked multiple times per platform; the details are in the methodology note above.
The numbers come from the collection run of 1. July 2026. Achtung.app re-collects this report monthly; the ranking and texts are fully recomputed each time.
No. The ranking measures how visible a brand is in AI answers, not the quality of its products or services. A high AI prominence means AI assistants name the brand frequently and prominently when users ask questions in this field.
The report only lists brands that appeared in the AI answers or in the classic web search top 10 for the tested queries. If a brand is missing, it was not named for this query set; that says nothing about other topic areas. Pure platform and infrastructure domains are deliberately excluded.
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