Assistant Managing Editor-News
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.
By Matt Schmitz
June 30, 2017
Approximately 228,000 model-year 2014-16 Mazda3 cars and model-year
2014-15 Mazda6 sedans are being recalled.
By Matt Schmitz
June 30, 2017
Approximately 6,200 model-year 2014-16 Chevrolet SS sedans are being
recalled for corrosion of a steering connector.
By Matt Schmitz
June 26, 2017
Researchers have found that variable advisory speed limits in construction
zones can ease congestion and help reduce crashes.
By Matt Schmitz
June 19, 2017
Approximately 209,000 model-year 2011-12 Dodge Grand Caravan
minivans are being recalled to repair wiring in the frontal airbag.
By Matt Schmitz
June 15, 2017
With its mid-cycle refresh, the restyled-and-retooled-for-2018 Hyundai
Sonata gets re-priced at $22,935.
By Matt Schmitz
June 14, 2017
Approximately 1,400 model-year 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans
are being recalled for their diodes.
By Matt Schmitz
June 13, 2017
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.
By Matt Schmitz
June 12, 2017
Approximately 370 Chrysler Pacifica lowered-floor minivans modified by
Vantage Mobility for wheelchair accessibility are being recalled.
By Matt Schmitz
June 12, 2017
Automakers use the concept car for blurring boundaries of how we think about cars. The 2016-17 auto-show season was no exception.
By Matt Schmitz
June 8, 2017