PLATFORM UPDATE | SEPTEMBER 2025

AI Listing Boost in ChatGPT

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Show up where AI shoppers search

97% of shoppers who use AI car-shopping tools say the answers they get shape their buying decision1. Right now, most dealers have no way to know if their inventory is even part of that answer, or any way to compete for the spot if it isn’t.

That changes now. AI Listing Boost puts your Premium+ listings ahead of the line the moment a shopper’s question to ChatGPT matches your inventory. Automatically, with nothing new to set up.

Cars.com is already the #1 most-cited automotive marketplace among major large language models.2 AI Listing Boost extends that advantage directly to your listings.

How your listings get priority

When a shopper’s question in the Cars.com plug-in within ChatGPT matches your inventory, Premium+ dealers get priority placement in the response, ahead of where they’d land through standard matching alone.

AI Listing Boost means Premium+ inventory gets first consideration inside that traffic, not just a chance at it. 

The listing order in the ChatGPT plugin depends on several factors, including a dealer’s commercial relationship with Cars.com.

Part of a bigger AI advantage

AI Listing Boost is one piece of AI Boost, the set of AI-powered tools now built into every Premium+ subscription.

  • AI Listing Boost in ChatGPT: Your listings get priority placement in the Cars.com ChatGPT App conversational search results.
  • AI Dealer Review Summaries: An AI-written summary of your dealer reviews appears right on the VDP, so shoppers get the takeaway without scrolling.
  • AI Seller Notes: COMING SOON AI-generated, SEO-optimized descriptions highlight each vehicle’s standout features, safety ratings, and awards alongside your own seller notes.

Ready to see it in your listings?

Premium+ subscribers

There’s nothing to set up. AI Listing Boost is already live on your listings today.

Base/Premium subscribers

Contact your Cars.com Account Executive to upgrade to Premium+ and add AI Listing Boost to your subscription.

Not on Cars.com yet?

AI Listing Boost is one example of how we keep finding new ways to get your inventory discovered — in search, in AI, and everywhere shoppers are looking for their next vehicle. Tell us about your dealership, and we’ll help you bring more visibility to your listings.

1Cars.com Consumer Survey, November 2025
2Cars.com SEMrush Data, May 2026