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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.

Halloween may be the scariest night of the year, but it's no longer the 
 holiday you need to be most afraid of your car being stolen on.
The 2018-19 auto show season kicks off Oct. 4 in California with the 2018 
 Orange County International Auto Show.
The 2019 Subaru Ascent's second exemplary safety rating was among our 
 most popular news stories of the past week; see which article it couldn't 
 top here.
For Halloween, people dress up their kids, themselves and even their pets. 
 At Cars.com, we dress up our cars. This year? Our 2018 Volkswagen Atlas 
 is Frankenstein.
Join us as we take a look back on our trunk-or-treat trio of Halloween car-
 stumes.
On Halloween, the scariest thing for parents of trick-or-treaters are the 
 cars in the street. Here are a few ways to stay safe for the holiday.
With one exception, the 2018 BMW X4 is a Car Seat Check champ.
On Wednesday, Cars.com will reveal our third annual Halloween car-stume 
 — and it may just be our most shocking creation yet.
Gen Z teenagers are just as bad at driving as the generations of teens that 
 came before them. Here are some ways to make driving safer - both for 
 them and everyone else.
In our latest Car Seat Check head-to-head, we pit the Honda Odyssey 
 against the Toyota Sienna to see which comes out on top.