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Detroit Bureau Chief

Aaron Bragman

I handle new car reviews, news, events, auto shows, and contribute to special projects and multicar comparisons while representing our team in the heart of the U.S. auto industry. I’ve been a part of the industry my whole life, growing up in an automotive family, spending the past 30 years working for Bosch and Nissan, and serving as an industry analyst for years before coming to Cars.com in 2012. I’m a graduate of the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), have an MBA from Wayne State University in Detroit with a focus on international business strategy, and I’m a member of both the Automotive Press and the Midwest Automotive Media associations. My personal fun car is a pristine 2002 Ford Thunderbird, which I love because it is not an SUV, has zero touchscreens, and nothing dings at you all the time. My pronouns are he/him, but my adjectives are fat/sassy.

Articles by Aaron Bragman

The 2026 Infiniti QX60 is getting an update with new styling, new screens, and new software and technology to make it more competitive and even more luxurious in the face of increased competition.
The redesigned 2025 BMW M5 is an amazing technological tour de force capable of incredible feats of speed, but it might be too complicated for its own good.
Ford’s updated 2025 Expedition is meant for a new generation of families, and it excels in its mission to bring change to a staid vehicle class.
In its top 2.5 Turbo Signature trim level, the 2025 Mazda CX-5 is tight, zippy, entertaining and devilishly good-looking — but it suffers from a fatal flaw: a nearly unusable multimedia system.
The Maverick Lobo might not look like a pink-and-teal-pinstriped, lowered ‘91 Ranger, but the new truck is decidedly better to drive than anything the sport truck mod community ever produced.
What we know is how the tariffs are likely to impact your experience in buying a new or used car in the coming months, and what you should and shouldn’t do right now.
If you need one car to be nearly everything an enthusiast driver could possibly want it to be (efficient commuter, capable canyon carver, car-pool-friendly kid carrier, cavernous cargo hauler, autocross champion), there is still no substitute for a Volkswagen Golf GTI.
As in prior contests, our complaints with the Rogue were few, and the SUV’s good-to-great performance in most of our scored categories is a testament to its all-around goodness.
The 2026 Outback’s presence is significant, and we’ve named it our Best in Show winner despite its styling, not because of it.
The 2025 New York auto show sees a return to the type of newsmaking event that auto shows have traditionally been, as it has a handful of significant new and redesigned vehicles making their debut.
The 2025 New York auto show sees a return to the type of newsmaking event that auto shows have traditionally been, as it has a handful of significant new and redesigned vehicles making their debut.
The 2025 New York auto show sees a return to the type of newsmaking event that auto shows have traditionally been, as it has a handful of significant new and redesigned vehicles making their debut.