Competitor Intelligence · Los Angeles, CA

Top 10 Car Dealerships in Los Angeles, CA

DriveTime Used Cars, Longo Lexus, and Longo Toyota lead the Google review race in Los Angeles, California. If you operate a Los Angeles dealership, these are the stores you compete against every time a buyer in the metro runs a search.

Review Leader · Los Angeles, CA

DriveTime Used Cars

4.9
Rating
1,469
Reviews
Combined Google reviews
68,914
Average rating
4.70
Reviews held by the leader
26,069
Rated 4.8★ or higher
20%

The Los Angeles, CA Top 10

Data as of May 9, 2026
  1. Rank1

    DriveTime Used Cars

    Used

    5835 Sepulveda Blvd, Van Nuys, CA 91411

    4.91,469 reviews·Score: 4.86
  2. Rank2

    Longo Lexus

    Franchise

    3530 Peck Rd, El Monte, CA 91731

    4.813,630 reviews·Score: 4.80Lexus
  3. Rank3

    Longo Toyota

    Franchise

    3534 Peck Rd, El Monte, CA 91731

    4.726,069 reviews·Score: 4.70Toyota
  4. Rank4

    Honda of Pasadena

    Franchise

    1965 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107

    4.79,631 reviews·Score: 4.70Honda
  5. Rank5

    Mercedes-Benz of Arcadia

    Franchise

    101 N Santa Anita Ave, Arcadia, CA 91006

    4.72,883 reviews·Score: 4.69Mercedes-Benz
  6. Rank6

    MINI of Universal City

    Franchise

    4338 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91602

    4.72,201 reviews·Score: 4.68MINI
  7. Rank7

    Porsche South Bay

    Franchise

    14610 Hindry Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90250

    4.71,228 reviews·Score: 4.67Porsche
  8. Rank8

    New Century Honda

    Franchise

    1235 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91204

    4.64,936 reviews·Score: 4.59Honda
  9. Rank9

    Long Beach BMW

    Franchise

    1660 E Spring St, Signal Hill, CA 90755

    4.64,283 reviews·Score: 4.59BMW
  10. Rank10

    LA City Cars

    Independent

    817 N La Brea Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302

    4.62,584 reviews·Score: 4.59
Los Angeles, California Market Context

The Los Angeles dealership review landscape

Los Angeles is one of the most competitive new- and used-car markets in California. If your store is outside the top 10, you are fighting against this review velocity for every "los angeles car dealer" search Google runs.

68,914
Combined Google reviews
across the top 10
4.70
Average rating
of the Los Angeles top 10
26,069
Leader review count
held by DriveTime Used Cars
21.2×
Volume gap
leader vs. #10
Why This Matters

Reviews drive AI search visibility in California

Google and AI search engines cite the highest-rated stores by name when buyers ask about Los Angeles, California. If your store is not on this list, you are not in the conversation.

AI search engines that cite dealerships by name
Google AI OverviewsChatGPTPerplexityGemini

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Methodology

How the Los Angeles, CA ranking is calculated

Bayesian-weighted score
(reviews × rating) + (100 × 4.3)
reviews + 100
4.3
Global average rating across car dealerships
100
Bayesian threshold (review-count weight)
What it balances

Combines star rating with review volume so a small Los Angeles store with a few perfect reviews does not outrank a high-volume dealership, and a mega-store with thousands of mediocre reviews does not outrank a smaller, consistently excellent one.

What's excluded

California dealerships with fewer than 25 Google reviews, and listings outside the Los Angeles metro trading area. We use the dealer-density centroid of each metro — not city limits — so dealerships in surrounding California suburbs that compete for Los Angeles buyers are included. Insurance agencies, repair shops, and auto-service businesses miscategorized as car dealers are filtered out by name and category.

Data source & freshness

Pulled from Google Business Profile via the DataForSEO Business Listings API. The snapshot above was captured on 2026-05-09 and is refreshed quarterly. Verify live numbers on each store's Google profile before making decisions on this data.

Don't see your store ranked?

Three reasons that might be: your dealership has fewer than 25 Google reviews, sits outside the Los Angeles metro radius we searched, or its Bayesian-weighted score didn't crack the top 10. None of these reflect on the dealership itself — review velocity is one signal among many, and closing the gap to the top 10 is exactly the work A3 Brands does for California dealerships.

See where you rank

Disclosure: This data is sourced from each dealership's public Google Business Profile, accessed via the DataForSEO Business Listings API under license. Dealerships shown here have not been contacted, paid, or sponsored — inclusion is based entirely on public review data, not on any business relationship with A3 Brands. To request a correction, flag a data error, or have your dealership reviewed for removal, email info@a3brands.com.

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Los Angeles dealership ranking

The top three dealerships in Los Angeles, California by Bayesian-weighted Google review score are DriveTime Used Cars, Longo Lexus, and Longo Toyota. The full top 10 — and the review counts you would have to match to enter that list — is ranked above.

Each Los Angeles, CA dealership receives a Bayesian-weighted score that combines its Google star rating and review volume. The formula is (reviews × rating + 100 × 4.3) / (reviews + 100), where 4.3 is the global average star rating across car dealerships. This balances small high-rated stores against large high-volume ones.

Google ranks dealerships in the local pack and Google Maps results using review count and rating as primary signals. AI search engines — Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini — increasingly cite the highest-rated stores by name when answering questions about Los Angeles, California. If your dealership is not on this list, you are not in the conversation buyers in Los Angeles are having.

Quarterly. Star ratings and review counts shift slowly, so a quarterly refresh keeps the list current without churn from week-to-week noise. The data above was last refreshed 2026-05-09.

A3 Brands is an automotive SEO agency that works with dealerships across the United States, including California. This ranking is based purely on public Google review data — no dealership pays to be included or excluded, and no editorial weighting is applied.

Most California dealerships are not in the top 10 — by definition, only 10 stores per metro can be. If your dealership is not ranked, it is for one of three reasons: it has fewer than 25 Google reviews, it sits outside the Los Angeles metro radius, or its Bayesian-weighted score did not place in the top 10 against the local competition. None of these are signals that your store is underperforming overall — review velocity is one signal among many, and closing the gap to the Los Angeles top 10 is exactly the work A3 Brands does for California dealership clients. The database refreshes quarterly, so stores can move into and out of the top 10 between snapshots as review velocity changes.

A Los Angeles dealership can be missing for three reasons: it has fewer than 25 Google reviews, it sits outside the Los Angeles metro trading area we searched, or its Bayesian-weighted score did not place in the top 10 against the competition. Note that the Los Angeles list reflects the metro trading area — dealerships in surrounding California suburbs that compete for Los Angeles buyers are included, while listings far outside the metro are excluded even if they technically share a postal city or state.

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