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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.
Dominating this week’s countdown of the most popular Cars.com articles of the past seven days is our annual matrix of the most American vehicles on the market right now.
By Matt Schmitz
June 30, 2021
Despite a strong takeoff, the 2022 Honda Civic just couldn’t get the altitude of Ford’s all-new-for-2022 compact pickup truck, the Maverick. See our top stories of the week on those and more right here.
By Matt Schmitz
June 24, 2021
The 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid doesn’t behave like a hybrid, particularly in the areas of regenerative-braking feel and the smoothness of the switch from electric to gas power.
By Matt Schmitz
June 17, 2021
Ford’s new-for-2022 Maverick breaks from pickup-truck tradition — and of the pack on this week’s countdown of Cars.com’s most popular news articles.
By Matt Schmitz
June 16, 2021
Check out our 10 biggest news stories of the week, led away by our first impressions of the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross.
By Matt Schmitz
June 9, 2021
In Cars.com’s most popular article of the past month, we rounded up 10 of the most modestly priced new cars you can buy right now. See that and the rest of our top 10 news stories for May right here.
By Matt Schmitz
June 3, 2021
Analyses of the 2021 Toyota Highlander XSE and the 2021 Subaru Forester were among the most popular Cars.com news articles of the past week.
By Matt Schmitz
June 2, 2021
Here are five things we like, and four we’re not so fond of, about the 2021 BMW 5 Series.
By Matt Schmitz
May 27, 2021
This week in Cars.com’s 10 most read news stories, our Tesla SUV buying guide tops the list. Get the full rundown here.
By Matt Schmitz
May 26, 2021
Our head-to-head comparison of the 2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid and 2021 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid was Cars.com’s most popular news story of the past week.
By Matt Schmitz
May 19, 2021