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Mark Ewing writes about high-performance and luxury cars for Forbes Life and the Autos section of forbes.com, as well as conducting interviews with auto industry CEOs, board members, and chief designers. A lifetime spent around sports cars has included childhood duties at Vintage Auto Racing Association (VARA) events working stopwatches, editing a monthly sports car magazine, and helping create and launch specialty cars for several car companies. Published work has also covered the private jet industry, historic airplanes, rare firearms, and interviews with professional sports team owners and executives.

Mark Ewing & Associates provides these services:

  • Research and writing of marketing materials, catalogues
  • Appraisals of contemporary and collectible automobiles
  • Research to provide market valuations of tangible goods
  • White papers (product, market placement, etc.)
  • RFP drafts

Blog

MINI John Cooper Works GP: A Brilliant Track Toy That’s Even Better On The Road

MINI generously offered this car to test drive during the very worst of the COVID period, summer of 2020. Southern California canyons were empty, allowing for enjoyable drives any time of day. I didn’t have to wake up well before dawn to reach empty canyon roads. Yes, a long time ago both on the calendar …

Iron Man Builds A Hypercar: Divergent 3D and Czinger Vehicles Are Defining The Future of High-Performance Cars, And Digital Automotive Manufacturing

Interviews for the original story took place on November 16, 2021. This is my archive site. Other automotive writers eventually figured out that Divergent/Czinger is a highly advanced engineering and scientific enterprise. Where car companies feared to tread–the auto industry is at best a gathering of fast followers–now the defense industry is partnering. Divergent has …

Mazda MX-5 Miata Club

Reasons to include a Miata MX-5 Club in a well curated collection of performance cars are obvious to any knowledgeable enthusiast: light weight, virtually perfect balance, three pedals, a manual shift lever that works directly on the gearbox resting inches away from your shin and, most importantly, everyday access to the Dark Art of heel-and-toe …