America’s Top Auto Critic Zooms Past 20 Million YouTube Views

America’s Top Auto Critic Zooms Past 20 Million YouTube Views

TestDriveNow.com featuring Automotive Reviews by Drive Time with Steve Hammes

September 17, 2014 Monticello, NY – For two days members of the International Motor Press Association gather in the Catskills for its annual IMPA TEST DAYS at Monticello Motor Club to evaluate vehicles on and off the club’s track.  Among them is one of America’s top automotive critics, Steve Hammes, who has become known by millions of car shoppers and car enthusiasts as the “go-to-guy before you buy”.  Hammes’ video reviews have now surpassed more than 20 million views on its TestDriveNow.com YouTube channel.

Having test driven some 2,000 new vehicles over the past sixteen years, Hammes has earned his reputation as one of America’s foremost automotive journalists. His Drive Time with Steve Hammes video reviews are seen across the country and across media platforms. Drive Time has facilitated thousands of transactions and has proven to be a valuable resource that truly informs people and helps them make smarter car buying decisions. “With TestDriveNow.com’s added appearance on broadcast TV and radio partner websites, Drive Time reaches even a greater and more varied audience from coast-to-coast,” Hammes says. “I want to be recognized as America’s trusted automotive voice as it pertains to helping consumers choose their next new car.”

More and more car buyers are turning to the Internet as the automotive online marketplace continues to grow by leaps and bounds. TestDriveNow.com delivers loads of consumer-friendly content and video that conveniently provides potential buyers with a valuable consumer tool in their search for information about the latest vehicles coming to market. In turn, it allows its media partners to capture a larger piece of the lucrative local auto ad market which then provides their advertisers a greater share of qualified auto leads and buyers.

“What began a few years ago as a simple solution to distributing Drive Time segments to my industry contacts, mushroomed into a favorite destination for YouTube users in search of new car reviews,” said Hammes.  “My viewers are passionate about what’s new in the car biz and I love interacting with them through YouTube and other social media outlets where our new Facebook page now has more than 12,000 regular followers.”

Steve’s highly produced videos are now reaching nearly a million web views each month just on TestDriveNow.com’s website and two YouTube Channels. Steve road tests and reviews two cars a week, every week for a full week at a time! His reviews are well written and extremely informative as well as visually exciting and entertaining.

Besides YouTube www.YouTube.com/SteveHammes and www.youtube.com/testdrivenowcom, Hammes also appears on:

TestDriveNow.com: www.TestDriveNow.com  TestDriveNow.com is the latest extension of Drive Time with Steve Hammes featuring his automotive video reviews and new car industry news. Launched in 2013, TestDriveNow.com is carried on major local media sites such as ABC TV Affiliate WRIC TV and ESPN Radio in Houston.

Yahoo! Autos: http://autos.yahoo.com/video/, http://autos.yahoo.com/partner, https://screen.yahoo.com/ford-c-max-energi-sel-064100343.html?query=car+news+media Twelve (12) Drive Time with Steve Hammes video segments per month are featured in the “Drive Time” and “Green” sections of Yahoo! Autos – the #1 visited automotive Internet site reaching 13.2 million people every month.

Automotive Broadcasting Network: http://www.abnetwork.com/custom-content Twelve (12) Drive Time with Steve Hammes video segments per month as “Behind the Wheel with Steve Hammes.” These videos are seen in hundreds of new car dealerships throughout the country every day.

ProPixTV: http://propix.tv/test-drive-now.html ProPixTV is the primary distributor of TestDriveNow with Steve Hammes segments which airs on local broadcast TV stations around the Country including ABC TV Affiliate WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA. TestDriveNow.com also appears on local TV and radio station websites including ESPN Radio in Houston (http://espn975.com/common/page.php?pt=testdrivenow&id=371) and ABC TV Affiliate WRIC-TV in Richmond, VA (http://www.wric.com/category/261363/auto).

On.Aol.com: http://on.aol.com/partner/drive-time-444495950?… All TestDriveNow.com with Steve Hammes automotive video review segments are featured on AOL’s Automotive Channel.

WheelsTV: http://wheelstv.net/ Automotive content producers such as WheelsTV contract with Drive Time Productions to purchase “b-roll” video of select models for their own video production which is then disseminated to TV, cable and web sites.

SPEED TV: http://msn.foxsports.com/speed Auto Cable Channel Speed TV also Contracts to purchase Drive Time “b-roll” video of specific vehicles as needed.

Social Media:  Drive Time with Steve Hammes appears across all social media platforms viewed by hundreds evert day.

Twitter:       https://twitter.com/DriveTimeVideos 

Facebook:    https://www.facebook.com/TestDriveNow 

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