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Car dealer streaming TV case studies: what has been published

Every result below was published by the platform or agency that sold the ads. That does not make them wrong, but it is worth knowing. Here is what dealers have reported, platform by platform.

The short answer

Amazon (Prime Video, Fire TV and Amazon DSP) has the deepest published record for dealers, including Rohrich Automotive (sales up 146% year over year in the peak month) and Nimnicht Chevrolet (website visits up 120%). Roku has a 25-store group that bought it in-house and reached 1.7 million households at a $7.36 CPM. Comcast published Harbor Nissan's 24.6% lift in new-vehicle sales. Nearly all of these results are self-reported by the seller, and few disclose spend.

The published cases

DealerWherePlatformYearWhat was publishedPublished by
Chapman Automotive Group, 25 storesArizonaRoku Ads Manager, bought in-house2026More than 45.5 million impressions at a $7.36 CPM, reaching 1.7 million+ households. Spend and sales not disclosed.https://advertising.roku.com/learn/resources/hyperlocal-ctv-how-a-car-dealer-network-efficiently-reached-audiences-at-scale
Rohrich Automotive GroupPittsburgh, PAAmazon DSP and Streaming TV with QR and action overlays2024 results, published 2025Year-over-year sales up 146% in the peak month; CPM down “up to 50%.”https://advertising.amazon.com/library/case-studies/corkboard-concept-rohrich
Nimnicht ChevroletJacksonville, FLAmazon streaming TV on Fire TV, Twitch and Prime Video's free live channels, 25-mile radius2025Website visits up 120% month over month; form submissions and in-store visits up 23%; visits from targeted ZIP codes up 28%.https://advertising.amazon.com/library/case-studies/lambos-digital-nimnicht-chevrolet-streaming-success
Kia Country of SavannahSavannah, GAAmazon streaming TV to auto intenders, then Amazon DSP retargeting, 20-mile radius2022 to 2023Completion rate above the 98% benchmark; retargeting beat its click-through goal by 120%; the program was extended to seven more dealerships.https://advertising.amazon.com/library/case-studies/kia-country-of-savannah
Harbor NissanPort Charlotte, FLComcast multiscreen TV and streaming, measured by Clarivoy2026New-vehicle sales up 24.6% year over year in the campaign ZIP codes; 4,815 leads; 36% of sales “influenced.” The case does not name the apps.https://comcastadvertising.com/case-studies/harbor-nissan-regains-market-share-and-drives-24-6-yoy-new-vehicle-sales-growth-with-tv/
Dimmitt Auto GroupTampa Bay, FLTwo-week Amazon Fire TV heavy-up to in-market shoppers2022Sales up 18% and revenue up 16% month over month; paid search cost per click down 20%.https://www.purecars.com/news/amazon-video-dealership-advertising
Herb Jones Chevrolet GMCElizabethtown, KYVibe2025203,000 households and more than 2 million impressions; website traffic up 800%.https://www.vibe.co/customers/car-dealership-web-traffic
Southern California Toyota Dealers AssociationSouthern CaliforniaRoku video and home-screen ad for the Mirai launch2024Nearly 73,000 visits to Cox Automotive sites and more than 11,000 visits to Toyota dealer sites, measured by Cox Automotive.https://advertising.roku.com/learn/resources/the-southern-california-toyota-dealers-association-partners-with-roku-to-drive-consideration-for-mirai-launch
Houston Hyundai Auto Group, three storesHouston, TXMNTN2023Cost per acquisition improved 81% month over month; cost per visit improved 15%. No spend or CPM disclosed.https://mountain.com/case-studies/houston-hyundai-auto-group-drives-business-and-quality-web-traffic-with-mntn/
Subaru dealer, BoiseBoise, IDProgrammatic CTV; top channels Hulu and Roku2024$2,500 budget at a $27.63 CPM; 551 matched site visits.https://ctvblueprint.com/ctv-blueprint-case-study-driving-success-for-subaru-store-in-boise/
Toyota of Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MIAmazon Prime Video streaming TV, display and online video, with truck-intender audiences2025Truck sales up “over 40%”; household reach tripled.https://strongautomotive.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Truck-Streaming-Campaign-Case-Study_V2.pdf
Paramount AutomotiveNorth CarolinaSpectrum Reach streaming, including Amazon inventory2024Record vehicle sales in November 2024; market share up 30 points year over year; extended to three more dealerships.https://advertising.amazon.com/library/case-studies/paramount-automotive
Schumacher AutoPalm Beach County, FLHulu, self-serve, geo-targeted2021Featured by Disney as a success story for the GMC Hummer EV launch. No sales figures published.https://www.disneycampaignmanager.com/success-stories/schumacher-auto-reaches-local-audience-through-hulu/

Each link goes to the case as published. Results are the publisher's own figures and were not independently audited. Checked November 6, 2026.

What the record shows

  • Amazon has the most dealer cases, and the strongest ones tie streaming TV to sales or showroom visits, usually with Amazon's own shopping data and a DSP.
  • Self-serve works for groups that do it themselves. Chapman Automotive bought Roku in-house and widened from ZIP codes to whole markets once the price allowed.1
  • Spend is rarely disclosed. Platform cases almost never say what the dealer paid; only a few agency cases give a budget.
  • Few cases report sales. Most report impressions, households, site visits or cost per visit. Sales lifts, where reported, come from the seller's own attribution.
  • Peacock and Spotify have no named US dealer results that we could find, although both sell to automakers.

What dealers say when the seller is not in the room

The complaints dealers make about streaming TV are rarely about the apps. They are about vendors. In a 2026 survey, 64% of dealership marketers were frustrated by reports listing channels they did not recognize, and 58% had never received show-level reporting.2 One former dealer-group CMO told the same researchers that a vendor's $33 CPM buy put 30% of the streaming spend on a free service instead of the premium apps described in the sale.2 A dealer-group CMO told AdExchanger that vendors could show amazing numbers, but he never saw a spot, until he switched and customers told him they had seen the ads on Peacock and Paramount+.3

That is why Bright Matter opens the accounts in the dealership's name and lists every app on the report: the published cases show what streaming TV can do; the dealer's own login shows what it actually did.

Questions dealers ask

Does streaming TV advertising work for car dealerships?

Published cases say it can: Rohrich Automotive reported sales up 146% year over year in its peak month on Amazon, Harbor Nissan reported a 24.6% lift in new-vehicle sales with Comcast, and Nimnicht Chevrolet reported website visits up 120% on Amazon. Nearly all of these were published by the seller, so a dealer should measure its own flight against a holdout.

Which streaming platform has the most car dealer case studies?

Amazon. It has published several named dealer and dealer-group cases, including Rohrich Automotive, Nimnicht Chevrolet and Kia Country of Savannah, more than any other streaming platform we found.

Has any dealer run Roku ads themselves?

Yes. Chapman Automotive Group, a 25-store group in Arizona, buys streaming TV itself in Roku Ads Manager. Roku reports it reached more than 1.7 million households at a $7.36 CPM.

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Sources
  1. 1Roku Advertising, “Hyperlocal CTV: How a car dealer network efficiently reached audiences at scale,” May 13, 2026. A case study published by Roku. advertising.roku.com
  2. 2Pasch Group, “The Streaming Accountability Gap,” U.S. automotive OTT and streaming research report, August 2026. Survey of quality-screened dealership respondents. paschgroup.com
  3. 3AdExchanger, “Local Car Dealerships Are Buying CTV Ads To Boost Their Brand Building,” March 27, 2025. adexchanger.com