Industry

Automotive

Creating a seamless, personalized shopping experience online and in-store.

Our Point of View

The experience of buying a car has dramatically shifted with companies like Carvana, Vroom, and Roadster redefining key points in the purchase experience. Customer expectations have also shifted; they want to browse, experience, and negotiate before they ever set foot in a dealership. In this new landscape, it’s more important than ever to track and quantify interest throughout the buying and post-purchase experience and offer transparency through consistent pricing and offers. There are also major opportunities to reduce friction with personalized browsing and search experiences and upsell by intelligently serving products and offers. 

KPIs

Average customer spend

Average response time per channel

Average review rating

Brand loyalty

Buying conversion rate

Content engagement

Conversion rate

Customer lifetime value

Customer satisfaction

Dealership foot traffic

Inventory turnover

Ecommerce sales

Look-to-buy ratio

Online reputation and ratings

Rate promotion

Repeat visits

Reservation abandonment

Sales and market share

Search ranking

Speed to buy

Expertise

Accessibility design (WCAG 2.2)

Brand ecosystems

Car configurators

CTA optimization

Funnel optimization

Guest journey experience design

Offers and pricing engines

Omnichannel and responsive design

Payment and checkout

Calculators

Search optimization

Service design (front and back of house)

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Upsell matrix

Team Velocity

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3 key product redesigns for digital shopping

We partnered with Team Velocity Marketing to improve the user experience in three key areas of their Apollo Automotive Platform. Led by user research, we redesigned the customer-facing digital dealership experience, eliminating friction throughout the customer journey and implementing personalization that allows modular components to be dynamically loaded into each step of the purchase funnel.


We also created multiple themes that dealerships could use to showcase products in a compelling branded experience; a new design system enabling tier-one brand customization; and a reimagined dealership management experience built around intelligent dashboards, streamlined workflows, AI-recommended ads, and upsell matrices.

Product Experiences

BMW Designworks

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Vision concept and working prototype for future-forward car

Working alongside the BMW Designworks team, we created an in-car vision concept for a connected, battery-powered city vehicle. We collaborated with a third party to design and deploy an integrated, working automotive prototype, which was used to shape the experience of multiple vehicles including Drive 2.0, Connected Drive, and the i3 and i8 models.

Vision Concept & Working Prototype

CODA

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Digital configurator and in-store buying experience

We helped customers build their ideal car by creating the vision and detailed designs for CODA’s new online car configurator. We also worked with leadership to create a visual concept for new dealerships including designing the customer journey and creating omnichannel in-store experiences for highly personalized shopping.

Omnichannel Experience

Impactful Partnerships

What Partners
Say

'Variate consistently delivered high-impact solutions, excelling in complex projects and harmonizing the overall experience.'

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Mariana Cavalcanti

Maximize lifetime value

Collaborate with our world-class design team to redefine what's possible for the automotive industry and its customers.