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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.

Approximately 228,000 model-year 2014-16 Mazda3 cars and model-year 
 2014-15 Mazda6 sedans are being recalled.
Approximately 6,200 model-year 2014-16 Chevrolet SS sedans are being 
 recalled for corrosion of a steering connector.
Researchers have found that variable advisory speed limits in construction 
 zones can ease congestion and help reduce crashes.
Approximately 209,000 model-year 2011-12 Dodge Grand Caravan 
 minivans are being recalled to repair wiring in the frontal airbag.
With its mid-cycle refresh, the restyled-and-retooled-for-2018 Hyundai 
 Sonata gets re-priced at $22,935.
Approximately 1,400 model-year 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans 
 are being recalled for their diodes.
If preliminary estimates for the first half of 2016 hold, U.S. car thefts will 
 top three-quarters of a million, a nearly 7 percent spike.
Approximately 370 Chrysler Pacifica lowered-floor minivans modified by 
 Vantage Mobility for wheelchair accessibility are being recalled.
Automakers use the concept car for blurring boundaries of how we think about cars. The 2016-17 auto-show season was no exception.