Author Archives: Mark Maynard, Creative Syndicate

If ever there were a disruptor in the chain of traditional thinking, it is the Jaguar F-Pace SUV. It is not likely this British purveyor of luxury automobiles needs a […]

I take back all the snarky quips I made when I first saw the Land Rover Evoque convertible at its L.A. auto show debut last year. It looked high-sided, bricklike […]

The Escape is a cash calf for Ford as its biggest seller next to the F-Series pickup trucks, its cash cow. So it’s no wonder why Ford keeps its compact-class […]

You can almost hear the purring within Jaguar. The brand is launching its fourth and fifth vehicles this year in two of the more popular segments. The F-Pace compact SUV […]

The Subaru Forester is a sensible vehicle in the crossover segment that’s gone crazy for flash and drama. The fourth-generation Forester is a simple recipe of utility, style and above […]

The Toyota Avalon flies under the popularity radar as a comfortable car with American-class roominess. It’s also the only large-midsize sedan sold as a gasoline-electric hybrid. Toyota sells about a […]

Volvo has been on a mission to prove it can build sporty and stylish cars that are built in China but have all the meticulous detail of its Swedish ancestry. […]

Cadillac’s new full-size CT6 sedan certainly isn’t “old Cadillac.” It seems to be trying very hard to be a competent German car, and it succeeds in some ways. But while […]

Mazda North America held a preview party at its research and development center in Irvine, California, to show off the major refresh of its Mazda3 compact and Mazda6 midsize sedan. […]

The Lamborghini Huracan may be popularly perceived as a social rave, but it is an engineering masterpiece and a daily-driver supercar. As Lamborghini’s smaller sports car, the Huracan replaced the […]