Author Archives: Mark Maynard, Creative Syndicate

There may be no keener competition among the domestic automakers than for pickup dominance. Trucks are what Ford, GM and Ram do best — and better than the import competition. […]

For those who want more rear legroom in their sport sedan, Infiniti has added the Q70L — a long wheelbase model. The stretch added a 5.9-inch longer wheelbase, which provided […]

The Mercedes-AMG S63 puts the grand (thousands of them) in a grand touring coupe. This big new model from the newly formed subbrand — Mercedes-AMG, the high-performance division of the […]

The Corvette Stingray may not be the perfect sports car — but the convertible version comes close. The one-touch power top folds in less time than the wait at a […]

There’s nothing like a brisk spray of torque steer scrambling the front tires to get me to slap both hands on the wheel.  Nissan juiced its Juke Nismo model last […]

The Lincoln MKC is the fountain of youth for this formal luxury division of Ford Motor Co. Suddenly, Lincoln has a desirable new entry in the fastest growing segment of […]

Mark Maynard is online at mark.maynard@utsandiego.com. Find photo galleries and more news at Facebook.com/MaynardsGarage  “The celebratory spirit of America’s great auto shows returned to Motor City this year,” said Karl […]

I can only imagine what it must be like to take the captain’s seat on the USS Starship Enterprise. But climbing behind the wheel of the new GMC Yukon Denali […]

The Nissan Rogue is no cad, but it is much sexier in its shapely new bodywork that debuted last year for the second-generation model. This compact-class crossover was a dowdy […]

The Porsche Macan compact crossover is a sports car and an off-road climber. And I wouldn’t have believed my words, either, had I not scorched the Streets of Willow Springs […]