Prospect
Contact and reply preference
Collect reliable contact details and a preferred confirmation channel.
- Full name, email, and phone.
- Preferred reply method.
- Optional visitor or company name.
Describe your dealership and visit types. Makeform turns the brief into a car showroom visit appointment form for vehicle viewings and test-drive requests, ready to edit and share.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a starting point and tailor it to your dealership. Each structure is an example, not a confirmed appointment system.
Audience
Prospects who want to drive a specific vehicle
Format
Appointment request with vehicle and schedule preferences
Prompt size
254 chars
Example form structure
Appointment request with vehicle and schedule preferences
Name, email, and phone
Which vehicle would you like to drive?
First and second date choices
Do you have a valid driver's license?
Trade-in or accessibility notes
Suggested routing tags
Showroom visit
Test drive
Needs confirmation
Ask for a first and second choice of date and time. The dealership can confirm availability after checking the vehicle and salesperson schedule.
Step 1
Choose
visit type, branch, and vehicles
Step 2
Request
contact details and two time choices
Step 3
Route
send the lead to the right sales team
Step 4
Confirm
dealership checks availability and replies
Better appointment requests
Identify the vehicle, location, visit purpose, and reply channel so staff can prepare a relevant response.
Collect a model, body style, stock number, and alternatives if the first choice is unavailable.
Capture branch, new or used interest, and visit type so each submission can reach the appropriate showroom or sales team.
Collect two time windows and a reply channel, explaining that staff will confirm the final time.
Common dealership visits
Start with the closest visit type, then change the questions, choices, and dealership language in the builder.
Model, trim, stock number, license confirmation, and two time choices for a focused drive request.
Body style, feature priorities, budget range, and several vehicles to view during one showroom visit.
Route EV, accessibility, performance, or commercial questions to a salesperson with relevant product knowledge.
Ask whether the visitor will bring a current vehicle and collect only the preliminary details your team needs to prepare.
Build your visit form
Review the generated structure and route submissions to the team that confirms visits.
Name your branches, visit types, vehicle choices, opening windows, and the details staff need before responding.
Require essential fields, add conditional questions, and distinguish a request from a confirmed booking.
Use branch and vehicle answers to organize submissions for new, used, fleet, or specialist follow-up.
Publish the form link or embed it, then use the submitted contact preference to confirm or suggest another time.
Request methods compared
A purpose-built form collects the same practical details from every prospect before follow-up.
Field guide
Collect enough to prepare and route the visit without creating a long application.
Prospect
Collect reliable contact details and a preferred confirmation channel.
Vehicle
Use structured choices plus an open field for a stock number or alternative.
Visit
Separate visit types so staff know what to prepare.
Schedule
Ask for two choices and explain that staff will confirm the final slot.
Preparation
Conditional questions reveal what staff should prepare while keeping the form short.
Routing
Collect preliminary buying context for routing; handle detailed steps separately.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for dealerships turning website interest into prepared showroom visits.
It lets prospects request a dealership visit, consultation, or test drive. It collects contact, vehicle, location, purpose, and time preferences for staff to confirm.
Include contact details, dealership, visit type, vehicle interest, two time choices, and confirmation method. Add conditional test-drive, trade-in, fleet, or accessibility questions when relevant.
Only with accurate live availability and an instant-booking workflow. Otherwise, call it a request and explain that staff will check schedules before confirming.
Yes. Start with a visit-type choice and show vehicle and license questions only for test drives. General visitors can receive shorter comparison questions.
Collect location, new or used interest, vehicle category, and visit purpose as structured choices. These create consistent routing tags for configured workflows.
Yes. Use model checkboxes and a stock-number field, then ask visitors to rank their first choice and acceptable alternatives.
Yes. Makeform is unlimited free for forms and submissions, including generating, editing, and publishing this form. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge; it does not unlock additional submission capacity.
Link it from vehicle pages, contact pages, campaigns, email, or social profiles, or embed it on your site. Keep the confirmation process clear.
Turn browsing into a prepared visit.