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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.

Bad gas is a real thing when it comes to cars. Here's what it is, along with 
 some other commonly held beliefs about your vehicle's fuel system.
Bad gas is a real thing when it comes to cars. Here's what it is, along with 
 some other commonly held beliefs about your vehicle's fuel system.
Bad gas is a real thing when it comes to cars. Here's what it is, along with 
 some other commonly held beliefs about your vehicle's fuel system.
Jeep's 2017 Compass has no trouble slotting in between the Renegade and Cherokee, but we had some trouble when it came to car seats.
In our most popular story of the past week, Cars.com's experts wax 
 Darwinian on which recent cars have made a positive evolutionary leap.