Assistant Managing Editor-News
Matt Schmitz
Former Assistant Managing Editor-News Matt Schmitz is a veteran Chicago journalist indulging his curiosity for all things auto while helping to inform car shoppers.
Approximately 1,500 model-year 2012-17 Lamborghini Aventador high-performance sports cars are being recalled.
By Matt Schmitz
February 14, 2017
Approximately 174,000 2011 Mazda2 hatchbacks, and 2010-11 Mazda3 cars and Mazdaspeed3 hatchbacks are being recalled.
By Matt Schmitz
February 14, 2017
We tested the Premier trim of the new-for-2017 body style on the Chevrolet Cruze five-seat hatchback in our Car Seat Check.
By Matt Schmitz
February 13, 2017
Our coverage of the 2017 Chicago Auto Show is underway. Here's everything you might have missed from the first media preview day.
By Matt Schmitz
February 10, 2017
At the 2017 Chicago Auto Show, visitors can see the Lego Batmobile from Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie." Watch the video for more.
By Matt Schmitz
February 10, 2017
Approximately 34,000 model-year 2017 Hyundai Elantra sedans are being recalled.
By Matt Schmitz
February 9, 2017
Despite continued declines in every other category of property crime, auto theft has defied its peers by surging in 2016.
By Matt Schmitz
February 8, 2017
Approximately 17,200 model-year 2016-17 Chevrolet Cruze sedans are being recalled for an incorrectly welded bracket.
By Matt Schmitz
February 7, 2017
Infiniti's big, decadently luxurious QX30 SUV may not have changed much in the past couple of model years, but its Car Seat Check credentials are taking a couple of dings for 2017.
By Matt Schmitz
February 6, 2017
Automakers have been largely mum about any new models debuting at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show, though that doesn't mean they won't.
By Matt Schmitz
February 3, 2017