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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 new 2025 Optiq is a compact two-row SUV meant to be the entry point into the brand’s electric showroom, and it arrives in the autumn.
Ford just put its 2024 F-150 through what’s called a “mid-cycle refresh,” where it received mild styling updates, new interior bits and new technology and features, plus the Raptor R, which is still something special.
Whenever a new F-150 arrives, the question is always if Ford went far enough with its update. For 2024, the answer is simple: It’s more about not fixing what ain’t broken.
Detroit Bureau Chief Aaron Bragman set out to see if the Prius Prime XSE Premium could achieve its stated 39 miles of electric range — or if it could do better.
Comfortable, posh and loaded with features, the 2024 Hyundai Palisade three-row SUV provides a premium family-hauling experience at a value price.
We wanted to figure out if the PHEV version of the TX could achieve that 33 miles of range — or if it could do better than that.
The 2024 Hyundai Palisade has earned a repeat win in a similar fashion by excelling in luxury, value and tech.
The redesigned 2024 Traverse is a stylish, solid update to Chevy’s popular big family SUV, now with legit off-road chops and some snazzy new tech.
For all of you off-road Baja truck fans who wanted the more affordable Ford F-150 Raptor formula in a Ram-brand truck, your prayers have been answered: The 2025 Ram 1500 RHO is exactly that.
With the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, the brand has created a proper Ford F-150 Raptor competitor, one that’s more powerful than the rival Ford and several thousand dollars less expensive.