15Pony
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- Bruce
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- 2015 Mustang V6
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Question is, how would someone get cars to review if they want to dive into that scene and don't have a following? I've watched many reviews from many different channels and it seems that almost everybody had a different route to get to where they are. One channel appears to be a couple teenage boys doing reviews. Another had a family member in the business.
I was thinking of doing something like this. But surely the automotive media departments aren't going to give a press car to someone without any sort of proven following. And probably many dealers wouldn't either. So I was thinking I could just rent a car for a day or two. The problem with that is most rental companies don't have all kinds of cars such as the new Honda Accord or the Cadillac with the Super Cruise option. Plenty of Camrys and Sentras though. So I might not be able to get a car that would be in demand for viewers. Also, when you rent a car you can't sign out a specific model only a class of models and they may not have an '18.
If I went to a dealer I could give them some free advertising but I wouldn't want to make all my reviews of their brand.
So I'm wondering if there's something I am missing or some other way to go about it.
I was thinking of doing something like this. But surely the automotive media departments aren't going to give a press car to someone without any sort of proven following. And probably many dealers wouldn't either. So I was thinking I could just rent a car for a day or two. The problem with that is most rental companies don't have all kinds of cars such as the new Honda Accord or the Cadillac with the Super Cruise option. Plenty of Camrys and Sentras though. So I might not be able to get a car that would be in demand for viewers. Also, when you rent a car you can't sign out a specific model only a class of models and they may not have an '18.
If I went to a dealer I could give them some free advertising but I wouldn't want to make all my reviews of their brand.
So I'm wondering if there's something I am missing or some other way to go about it.
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