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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.

A full eight of our top 10 most popular articles of 2018 dealt directly with 
 SUVs. Want to know what filled out the rest? Check out the list here.
Cars.com's No. 1 most popular news story this week ticks off the things we 
 like about the 2019 Toyota RAV4, and those that still, well, tick us off. 
 Check out the full top 10 here.
It may be the holiday season, but criminals don’t take a holiday. So, while 
 you’re butchering the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, auto thieves may be taking 
 your car to the chop shop.
Do any of the latest updates to this three-row seven-seater find the 2018 
 Nissan Pathfinder less kind to car seats? Find out here.
The latest incarnation of America's best-selling hybrid now offers all-wheel 
 drive, so it comes as little surprise that our First Drive of the 2019 Toyota 
 Prius had enough traction to make its way to our 10 most popular news 
 stories of the week.
Like breathing, most owners don't think about their vehicle's cabin air filter, 
 but they're critical to breathing easy in the car. Here's what you need to 
 know.
It's no surprise that in the days following the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, 
 our roundup of the show's coolest concept cars would emerge as a favorite 
 among readers.
It was a veritable sword-and-sandals epic in a city more known for sun and 
 sand as the 2020 Jeep Gladiator vanquished all other new-model debuts at 
 the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show in our most popular articles of the past 
 week.
Here are 10 tips from the National Insurance Crime Bureau for spotting a 
 flood-damaged car.