Competitor Intelligence · New York, NY

Top 10 Car Dealerships in New York, NY

Signature Auto Group‎, Island Auto Group, and Crown Auto Leasing lead the Google review race in New York, New York. If you operate a New York dealership, these are the stores you compete against every time a buyer in the metro runs a search.

Review Leader · New York, NY

Signature Auto Group‎

5.0
Rating
2,504
Reviews
Combined Google reviews
16,725
Average rating
4.89
Reviews held by the leader
5,228
Rated 4.8★ or higher
100%

The New York, NY Top 10

Data as of May 9, 2026
  1. Rank1

    Signature Auto Group‎

    Independent

    9265 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209

    5.02,504 reviews·Score: 4.97
  2. Rank2

    Island Auto Group

    Independent

    1580 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10305

    4.95,228 reviews·Score: 4.89
  3. Rank3

    Crown Auto Leasing

    Lease

    396 Rockaway Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11581

    5.0483 reviews·Score: 4.88
  4. Rank4

    Marquis Auto

    Independent

    2444 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11223

    4.9833 reviews·Score: 4.84
  5. Rank5

    World Star Auto Sales Inc - Used Car In New York

    Independent

    70-51 Queens Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377

    4.9683 reviews·Score: 4.82
  6. Rank6

    The Car Guys

    Independent

    425-F Wild Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314

    4.9562 reviews·Score: 4.81
  7. Rank7

    Interstate Motor Group

    Independent

    509 Remsen Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11236

    4.9550 reviews·Score: 4.81
  8. Rank8

    Import Masters

    Independent

    269 Northern Blvd, Great Neck, NY 11021

    4.82,625 reviews·Score: 4.78
  9. Rank9

    BMW of Manhasset

    Franchise

    1285 Northern Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030

    4.82,586 reviews·Score: 4.78BMW
  10. Rank10

    C Rich Cars

    Independent

    246 Scherer Blvd, Franklin Square, NY 11010

    4.8671 reviews·Score: 4.74
New York, New York Market Context

The New York dealership review landscape

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

16,725
Combined Google reviews
across the top 10
4.89
Average rating
of the New York top 10
5,228
Leader review count
held by Signature Auto Group‎
10.8×
Volume gap
leader vs. #10
Why This Matters

Reviews drive AI search visibility in New York

100% of the top 10 in New York already hold a 4.8-star rating or higher. In a market this dense, simply being "good" is no longer enough — you have to be measurably best to be cited by name when AI search engines answer questions about New York, New York.

AI search engines that cite dealerships by name
Google AI OverviewsChatGPTPerplexityGemini

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Methodology

How the New York, NY 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 New York 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

New York dealerships with fewer than 25 Google reviews, and listings outside the New York metro trading area. We use the dealer-density centroid of each metro — not city limits — so dealerships in surrounding New York suburbs that compete for New York 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 New York 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 New York 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 New York dealership ranking

The top three dealerships in New York, New York by Bayesian-weighted Google review score are Signature Auto Group‎, Island Auto Group, and Crown Auto Leasing. The full top 10 — and the review counts you would have to match to enter that list — is ranked above.

Each New York, NY 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 New York, New York. If your dealership is not on this list, you are not in the conversation buyers in New York 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 New York. 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 New York 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 New York 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 New York top 10 is exactly the work A3 Brands does for New York dealership clients. The database refreshes quarterly, so stores can move into and out of the top 10 between snapshots as review velocity changes.

A New York dealership can be missing for three reasons: it has fewer than 25 Google reviews, it sits outside the New York metro trading area we searched, or its Bayesian-weighted score did not place in the top 10 against the competition. Note that the New York list reflects the metro trading area — dealerships in surrounding New York suburbs that compete for New York 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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