↑ Climbers · this quarter
See allNo climbers this quarter — the cohort is holding.
Cohort intelligence · Q2 2026 · 20 rooftops
The industry just hit 9.
The median scanned dealership now scores 9 — up from last quarter. The top decile is at 15. The gap is widening, not narrowing.
Industry trend · last 4 quarters
The bar is rising, fast.
Industry composite climbed steadily over the last year. Top performers are accelerating away — your distance from the median matters less than your distance from the top decile.
- Top 10%
- Industry median
- Your rooftopClaim
Where every dealer in the country sits, in one chart.
The cohort is bell-shaped. The right tail — your competition — is thinner than you think.
00–1014
11–205
21–300
31–401
41–500
51–600
61–700
71–800
81–900
91–1000
The industry is lopsided.
Each axis is the share of available points captured for that dimension. Inventory and cost transparency carry the field; agent tools and network signal are the structural gaps.
Weighted by dimension impact · Carfeine's rubric philosophy
- Strongest dimension
- Inventory feed
- Industry average 14 / 100
- Structural gap
- Network signal
- Industry average 5 / 100
- Sample
- 20 scored rooftops
- Across every state, every OEM
Who's climbing. Who's slipping.
↓ Sliders · this quarter
See allNo sliders this quarter — nobody's slipping.
OEM leaderboard
Filter by cohortWho's setting the pace, by manufacturer.
Median composite within each OEM cohort. The climbers column is the leading indicator — it's where the next quarter's standings are forming.
#MakeMedian score% climbingRooftops
Regional view
DMA drilldownSome regions are pulling ahead.
Coastal markets lead. The Plains and Southeast still have the biggest opportunity per rooftop. Click into a cohort to see which dealers are setting the pace.
Where the industry actually moved.
Tooling jumped a full +9.2 — the biggest single-quarter shift since we started measuring. Network is the only dimension that retreated.
- 01Inventory Intelligence+6.4
- 02Cost Transparency+2.1
- 03Compliance Readiness+0.7
- 04Data Quality+3.8
- 05Agent Tool Surface+9.2
- 06Network Intelligence-1.4
What we've published.
MethodologyApril 2026 Rubric v3.2: what changed and why
Two new checks for agent tool surface, one retired check for legacy schema markup.
Read →Quarterly ReportApril 2026 State of Agent Readiness — Q1 '26
Industry median crossed 54 for the first time. Tooling is the dimension to watch.
Coming Q3Case StudyMarch 2026 How a 9-store group climbed from 41 to 78 in two quarters
What changed: feed hygiene, structured pricing, and a real action surface.
Coming Q3
Quarterly readiness brief
Not ready to claim yet? Read the next one before everyone else.
Once a quarter, the climbers, the sliders, the rubric updates, and the one chart we keep coming back to. Sent the day the new cohort data ships — a week before the public report.
- Cohort movement summary~600 words
- Top 5 climbers + what they fixed1 page
- Rubric change log + early accessversioned
What each tier unlocks.
Free public, free claimed, and paid Carfeinated. The public tier is everything an industry watcher needs. Claim a rooftop to see yourself in the data. Sign in to Carfeine for the full dashboard.
| Feature | Public | ClaimedClaimed tier | Carfeinated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industry trend chart | |||
| Score distribution histogram | |||
| OEM leaderboard (top 10) | |||
| Regional map (top 20) | |||
| Quarterly movers | |||
| "Your rooftop" on the trend chart | — | ||
| "Your bucket" pin on the histogram | — | ||
| Quarterly briefs (email) | — | ||
| Cohort filters on the OEM leaderboard | — | — | |
| DMA drilldown on the regional map | — | — | |
| Full PDF reports + case studies | — | — |
Ready when you are
Reading is fine. Climbing is better.
You've seen the cohort. You've seen the gap. The fastest way to close it is to stop reading the chart and start being the climber on it.