Auto Warranty AI Visibility Ranking Trends - November 2026

Answer capsule

The November 2026 Auto Warranty benchmark compares 12 companies across 597 AI answers that met its inclusion rules. Endurance leads with 505 recommendations (84.59% of answers). At least one tracked company was recommended in 506 answers; some answers recommended several companies.

The rankings distinguish being mentioned from receiving an affirmative recommendation, then examine placement and the wording used about each company. Earlier monthly results show how counts and rates changed, with each month using its own answer total. These results describe the answers reviewed, not product quality or customer satisfaction. Differences between monthly samples limit comparisons and do not establish why a result changed.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Auto Warranty

Industry leaderboard

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• How do Auto Warranty rank by recorded AI recommendations in November 2026?

The leaderboard orders companies by how many answers recorded an affirmative recommendation, so it measures endorsement volume rather than mere appearance. A company can be mentioned often yet recommended less often, and those two readings answer different questions. Ties reflect equal recommendation counts and are not broken by mention volume or placement. Placement figures are nested inside recommendations, so first-place and shortlist counts should be read as subsets rather than additional wins.

Key findings

Tracked-company answer coverage

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• How often did the November 2026 Auto Warranty answer sample recommend any tracked company?

506 distinct answers recommended at least one tracked company. Counting each company recommendation separately gives 2005, because an answer can recommend several companies. Answers with no tracked recommendation may still have recommended companies outside this comparison.

Every qualified answer mentioned at least one tracked company, while most also recommended one. Because a single answer can name several companies, company-level totals exceed the number of distinct answers, and summing them would double-count. The answers without a tracked recommendation may still have named companies outside this comparison, so coverage here describes the reviewed set rather than the whole market.

Reach and affirmative recommendation

Endurance ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 596 (99.83%); recommendations: 505 (84.59%). Top 3 placements: 452 (75.71%); first-place placements: 445 (74.54%).

Wording about the company: 536 positive, 60 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 84.7%. The net framing score was 0.90 (defined in Methodology).

91 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 89.50% were Top 3 and 88.12% were first-place.

Endurance leads on recommendation count, but reach and endorsement are distinct measures. Its mentions nearly saturate the answer set, and most of those mentions also carried a recommendation. The gap between mentions and recommendations shows that appearing in an answer is not the same as being affirmatively endorsed within it. Ranking reflects recommendation volume, not the size of that gap alone.

Recommendation order and placement

Placement describes where a recommended company sits in an answer's ordering. Top-three and first-place counts are subsets of recommendations, not separate achievements, so they should not be added to recommendation totals. Endurance's placements concentrate near the top, while CARCHEX and CarShield record many shortlist placements but comparatively few first-place ones.

Classified framing in context

Framing captures the wording attached to a company when it appears, classified as positive, neutral or negative. Most mentions here carry positive wording, with neutral wording common and negative wording rare. Framing is not customer sentiment or a judgment of company quality, and it does not explain why a recommendation was or was not recorded in a given answer.

Company results in detail

Endurance

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Endurance mentions, recommendations and placement?

Endurance ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 596 (99.83%); recommendations: 505 (84.59%). Top 3 placements: 452 (75.71%); first-place placements: 445 (74.54%).

Wording about the company: 536 positive, 60 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 84.7%. The net framing score was 0.90 (defined in Methodology).

91 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 89.50% were Top 3 and 88.12% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Endurance's mention count fell from 632 to 596, while its recommendation count fell from 580 to 505. The recommendation rate was 91.63% and 84.59% respectively.

Endurance combines near-universal mention with a high recommendation rate, and its placements cluster at the top of answer orderings. Wording is overwhelmingly positive with no negative mentions recorded. The prior-month comparison shows both mentions and recommendations lower than in the earlier sample; that recorded change does not establish why it occurred.

CARCHEX

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about CARCHEX mentions, recommendations and placement?

CARCHEX ranks 2 by recommendation count. Mentions: 565 (94.64%); recommendations: 467 (78.22%). Top 3 placements: 365 (61.14%); first-place placements: 5 (0.84%).

Wording about the company: 495 positive, 70 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 82.7%. The net framing score was 0.88 (defined in Methodology).

98 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 78.16% were Top 3 and 1.07% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, CARCHEX's mention count fell from 571 to 565, while its recommendation count fell from 522 to 467. The recommendation rate was 82.46% and 78.22% respectively.

CARCHEX appears in most answers and is recommended in a large majority of them, placing it second by recommendation count. Its distinctive pattern is placement: many shortlist positions but very few first-place ones, so its recommendations rarely sit at the top. Wording is largely positive with no negatives. Both counts were lower than the previous month's sample.

CarShield

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about CarShield mentions, recommendations and placement?

CarShield ranks 3 by recommendation count. Mentions: 563 (94.30%); recommendations: 462 (77.39%). Top 3 placements: 369 (61.81%); first-place placements: 4 (0.67%).

Wording about the company: 488 positive, 74 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 82.1%. The net framing score was 0.87 (defined in Methodology).

101 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 79.87% were Top 3 and 0.87% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, CarShield's mention count fell from 580 to 563, while its recommendation count fell from 514 to 462. The recommendation rate was 81.20% and 77.39% respectively.

CarShield's profile resembles CARCHEX: broad mention, frequent recommendation and a strong shortlist presence paired with few first-place placements. A single negative mention appears among otherwise positive and neutral wording. Its recommendation count and mention count were both lower than in the prior sample, a recorded comparison whose cause is not established here.

Olive

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Olive mentions, recommendations and placement?

Olive ranks 4 by recommendation count. Mentions: 317 (53.10%); recommendations: 262 (43.89%). Top 3 placements: 89 (14.91%); first-place placements: 4 (0.67%).

Wording about the company: 273 positive, 43 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 82.6%. The net framing score was 0.86 (defined in Methodology).

55 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 33.97% were Top 3 and 1.53% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Olive's mention count rose from 293 to 317, while its recommendation count fell from 278 to 262. The recommendation rate was 43.92% and 43.89% respectively.

Olive sits in the middle of the field, mentioned in roughly half of answers and recommended in most of those. Its placements are mostly outside the top three, with only a small first-place share. Wording is predominantly positive. Mentions rose while recommendations fell relative to the earlier sample, so the two measures moved in different directions.

American Dream Auto Protect

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about American Dream Auto Protect mentions, recommendations and placement?

American Dream Auto Protect ranks 5 by recommendation count. Mentions: 211 (35.34%); recommendations: 174 (29.15%). Top 3 placements: 7 (1.17%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 192 positive, 18 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 82.5%. The net framing score was 0.91 (defined in Methodology).

37 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 4.02% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, American Dream Auto Protect's mention count rose from 162 to 211, while its recommendation count rose from 156 to 174. The recommendation rate was 24.64% and 29.15% respectively.

American Dream Auto Protect is mentioned in about a third of answers and recommended in most of them, but its placements almost never reach the top three and never first place. Wording is strongly positive overall. Both mentions and recommendations were higher than in the prior sample, and the recommendation rate rose alongside them.

Omega Auto Care

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Omega Auto Care mentions, recommendations and placement?

Omega Auto Care ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 123 (20.60%); recommendations: 77 (12.90%). Top 3 placements: 7 (1.17%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 92 positive, 30 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 62.6%. The net framing score was 0.74 (defined in Methodology).

46 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 9.09% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Omega Auto Care's mention count fell from 164 to 123, while its recommendation count fell from 155 to 77. The recommendation rate was 24.49% and 12.90% respectively.

Omega Auto Care shows a notably lower recommendation-to-mention ratio than its peers, meaning many answers that name it do not endorse it. Placements rarely reach the top three. Wording includes a larger neutral share than most companies. Both counts fell sharply from the prior sample, a recorded change whose cause is not identified.

Toco Warranty

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Toco Warranty mentions, recommendations and placement?

Toco Warranty ranks 7 by recommendation count. Mentions: 41 (6.87%); recommendations: 36 (6.03%). Top 3 placements: 4 (0.67%); first-place placements: 1 (0.17%).

Wording about the company: 38 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 87.8%. The net framing score was 0.93 (defined in Methodology).

5 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 11.11% were Top 3 and 2.78% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Toco Warranty's mention count fell from 59 to 41, while its recommendation count fell from 59 to 36. The recommendation rate was 9.32% and 6.03% respectively.

Toco Warranty appears in a small share of answers but is recommended in most of them, giving it one of the higher recommendation-to-mention ratios in the field. That ratio rests on a sparse base and should be read with caution. Placements are few, though a single first-place result is recorded. Both counts were lower than in the prior sample.

everything breaks

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about everything breaks mentions, recommendations and placement?

everything breaks ranks 8 by recommendation count. Mentions: 16 (2.68%); recommendations: 10 (1.68%). Top 3 placements: 2 (0.34%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 11 positive, 4 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 62.5%. The net framing score was 0.63 (defined in Methodology).

6 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 20.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, everything breaks' mention count rose from 13 to 16, while its recommendation count fell from 12 to 10. The recommendation rate was 1.90% and 1.68% respectively.

everything breaks appears rarely and is recommended in a modest share of the answers that name it. Its few placements include a small number of shortlist positions and no first-place results. Wording is mixed, with neutral and one negative mention alongside positive ones. Mentions rose slightly while recommendations fell relative to the earlier sample.

Select Auto Protect

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Select Auto Protect mentions, recommendations and placement?

Select Auto Protect ranks 9 by recommendation count. Mentions: 7 (1.17%); recommendations: 6 (1.01%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 6 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 85.7%. The net framing score was 0.86 (defined in Methodology).

1 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 0.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Select Auto Protect's mention count rose from 1 to 7, while its recommendation count rose from 1 to 6. The recommendation rate was 0.16% and 1.01% respectively.

Select Auto Protect records a small number of mentions and recommendations, with no top-three or first-place placements at all. Wording is mostly positive. The counts are low enough that the high recommendation-to-mention ratio should be read cautiously. Both mentions and recommendations were higher than in the prior sample, though the base remains small.

AutoProtect USA

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about AutoProtect USA mentions, recommendations and placement?

AutoProtect USA ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 2 (0.34%); recommendations: 2 (0.34%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 2 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 100.0%. The net framing score was 1.00 (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 0.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, AutoProtect USA's mention count rose from 0 to 2, while its recommendation count rose from 0 to 2. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.34% respectively.

AutoProtect USA records only a handful of mentions, each of which also carried a recommendation, and no placements in the top three. The perfect recommendation-to-mention ratio rests on a very sparse base and is not evidence of broad standing. Wording is entirely positive. The prior sample recorded no mentions, so this is a small emergence rather than a trend.

Concord Auto Protect

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Concord Auto Protect mentions, recommendations and placement?

Concord Auto Protect ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 4 (0.67%); recommendations: 2 (0.34%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 50.0%. The net framing score was 0.50 (defined in Methodology).

2 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 0.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Concord Auto Protect's mention count rose from 1 to 4, while its recommendation count rose from 1 to 2. The recommendation rate was 0.16% and 0.34% respectively.

Concord Auto Protect records few mentions, only some of which carried a recommendation, and no top-three placements. Wording splits between positive and neutral. The recommendation-to-mention ratio is low but rests on a sparse base. Both counts were slightly higher than in the prior sample, though the totals remain small.

Protect My Car

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Protect My Car mentions, recommendations and placement?

Protect My Car ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 5 (0.84%); recommendations: 2 (0.34%). Top 3 placements: 1 (0.17%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 40.0%. The net framing score was 0.20 (defined in Methodology).

3 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 50.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Protect My Car's mention count fell from 8 to 5, while its recommendation count fell from 5 to 2. The recommendation rate was 0.79% and 0.34% respectively.

Protect My Car records few mentions and fewer recommendations, with a low recommendation-to-mention ratio and one shortlist placement but no first-place results. Wording includes positive, neutral and one negative mention. Both counts were lower than in the prior sample, and the small base limits how much the ratios can be generalized.

Earlier ranking snapshot context

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• How do the available Auto Warranty snapshots from May 2026 to November 2026 differ in recommendation coverage and measurement scope?

Only months with verified results are shown. Monthly sample coverage is listed in Methodology.

Each month is a separate sample of AI answers, and the number of included answers differs across months. Counts and rates should be read together, since a rate depends on both the recommendation count and the answer total. The table shows how recorded results changed over time; it does not establish why they changed or that sampling differences explain the movements.

What the November Rankings Show

These measures answer different questions. Mention records appearance, recommendation records affirmative endorsement, placement records position within an answer's ordering, and framing records the wording attached to a company. A company can be widely mentioned yet rarely endorsed, or frequently endorsed yet rarely placed first. Reading the measures together gives a fuller picture than any single count, while none of them establishes why an answer endorsed a company or how customers behave.

Methodology

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• How were the November 2026 Auto Warranty AI visibility measures counted, and what do they not establish?

This benchmark has partial coverage: 3 of 3 planned question categories contributed usable observations; 0 contributed none. This describes question-category coverage, not demonstrated platform outages. Findings apply to the available answer set.

The month in the title is the reporting period. The exact dates when the original AI answers were collected have not been verified.

Each company is counted at most once in each answer that meets the benchmark rules. A recommendation requires both an affirmative endorsement and positive wording. Mention, recommendation, Top 3 and first-place rates use the full benchmark answer total. Top 3 and first-place results are included within recommendations, not added to them.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio divides recommendations by mentions. It describes AI answer wording, not customer conversion. Net framing is positive minus negative mentions, divided by all mentions, on a scale from -1 to +1. It does not measure customer satisfaction or company quality.

Market: US; 12 tracked companies. AI services represented: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity.

Research screening totals (answer observations can include repeated questions):

The source does not provide a reader-facing definition of “reserved”; that screening label is reported without inferring a reason for exclusion. Only the included benchmark answers form the rate denominator.

One answer can mention or recommend several companies. Adding company totals would therefore count some answers more than once. The results describe the AI answers reviewed, not independently verified facts about the companies or their products.

Monthly sample coverage:

May 2026 measured a different set of companies, so it is excluded from this comparison. Reliable results for June 2026 are unavailable. This is a gap in the history, not a result of zero.

The answer samples differ between months. These comparisons show how the recorded results changed; they do not establish why they changed.

The benchmark covers a partial set of answers from several AI services, and the exact collection dates are unverified. Each company is counted at most once per answer, and placement results are nested within recommendations. Recommendation-to-mention ratios describe answer wording, not customer conversion, and framing scores do not measure satisfaction or quality. Monthly samples differ, so comparisons show recorded change without establishing its cause.