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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.

As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, Cars.com’s announcement of model-year 2022’s most American automobiles — via our 2022 American-Made Index — dominates this week’s countdown of most popular news articles.
In Cars.com’s most popular news story of the week, we logged average gas mileage in our first four months with the Ford Maverick at 33 mpg. See the rest of the list here.
The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the first affordable electric SUV that lacks a defining shortcoming, but that doesn’t mean it’s flawless.
We took a quick spin in each of two new Ford Expedition incarnations in one of Cars.com’s most popular news articles of the week. See the full list here.
One of Cars.com’s most popular articles of the past month is a roundup of the used cars boasting the highest rising resale value. See the full list here.
An updated roundup of the EVs that can go the farthest on a single charge had the most juice with Cars.com readers in the past week. Check out the rest of our top stories here.
While wagons could scarcely be less cool, the kid- and cargo-accommodating 2022 Volvo V90 Cross Country endears itself to us merely by virtue of its body style.
Here are the top 10 news stories Cars.com readers couldn’t get enough of in the past week, led off by the Toyota Camry SE Nightshade.
Our Chevrolet Bolt EUV expert review finishes in the top tier of this week’s countdown of our 10 most popular articles.
Cost-cutting content dominates our list of Cars.com’s most read news stories of the past week. Check out the full list here.