RETENTION CASE STUDY

Luxury BMW
Lease Retention.

How we utilized aggressive 180-day pull-ahead offers to retain 28% of maturing lease portfolios and upgrade 34 customers before they ever shopped the competition.

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28%
Portfolio Retention Rate
180-DayTargeting
34Upgrades
Tier-1Compliance

THE OVERVIEW

Campaign Snapshot.

A top-performing luxury BMW dealership was losing premium lease customers to competing luxury brands at the end of their terms. Standard OEM retention letters were being ignored.

⚠️ The Challenge

  • Losing maturing lease customers to Mercedes-Benz and Audi
  • Waiting until 30-days to maturity was too late to retain them
  • Standard OEM factory mailers had abysmal open/response rates
  • Needed to source high-quality pre-owned BMW inventory
  • Strict luxury brand compliance for all creative assets

✅ Our Solution

  • Mined the DMS for leases expiring within 180 days
  • Engineered custom pull-ahead cash offers stacking dealer & OEM incentives
  • Designed premium, personalized email sequences for luxury buyers
  • Focused messaging on equity positioning and seamless upgrading
  • Captured 34 lease returns to fuel the dealership's CPO inventory
VERIFIED RESULTS

The Numbers.

These figures represent fully verified matchbacks between our targeted lease portfolio list and the dealership's finalized delivery log.

28%

Retained

Of the total targeted portfolio successfully upgraded.

34

Leases Upgraded

Customers put into new vehicles ahead of schedule.

180

Days to Maturity

Intercepted buyers 6 months before they hit the market.

34

CPO Vehicles Acquired

High-quality trades secured for the used car department.

HOW WE DID IT

Campaign Execution.

Retaining luxury buyers requires a white-glove approach. We bypassed generic factory mailers in favor of highly targeted, personalized digital touchpoints.

1

Portfolio Maturity Analysis

Analyzed the dealership's DMS to isolate all active BMW leases maturing between 90 and 180 days out, filtering for specific high-demand models.

2

Offer Structuring

Calculated aggressive pull-ahead offers by stacking OEM lease loyalty incentives with targeted dealer cash to neutralize negative equity.

3

Premium Campaign Deployment

Deployed a sequence of luxury-branded emails emphasizing the ease of upgrading, new technology features, and VIP showroom appointments.

4

Matchback & Inventory Growth

Verified 34 new vehicle deliveries while simultaneously securing 34 high-quality, well-maintained BMW lease returns for the pre-owned lot.

"In the luxury market, if you wait until month 35 to contact a lease customer, they've already test-driven a competitor's car. AutoScope's 180-day strategy allowed us to lock down 34 of our best clients early, and it fed our CPO inventory with pristine trades."

SD

Sales Director

Luxury BMW Dealership

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