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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.

Stories about the refreshed 2020 Toyota Tacoma spiced up this week's top 
 10 list of the most popular Cars.com news stories.
Judging by the fanatical popularity of Cars.com's roundup of all the 2019 
 Super Bowl ads featuring cars, you were only too happy to be solicited to 
 this week.
Here's everything we know about what you should expect to see headed 
 into the 2019 Chicago Auto Show.
The 2019 Chicago Auto Show opens to the public Feb. 9-17. Here's 
 everything you might've missed of Cars.com's comprehensive coverage of 
 the show.
Here are the top 10 articles Cars.com readers couldn't get enough of in the 
 past seven days, led off by our Family Car of the Year award 
 announcement.
Now that the Detroit auto show has wrapped, we have a clear idea of what 
 wound up exciting audiences over the past couple of weeks, and it starts 
 with the 2020 Cadillac XT6.
While our announcement that the 2019 Mazda MX-5 Miata has been 
 named Cars.com's Most Fun-to-Drive Car of the Year leads our most read 
 news stories this week, it's our Detroit auto show coverage that dominates 
 the list.
Here's everything you might've missed of Cars.com's comprehensive 
 coverage of the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Going to the final January edition of the North American International Auto 
 Show in Detroit? Here's what to expect.
Here's our countdown of the five biggest recalls of 2018. Is your car one of 
 them?