Matthew Crawford

Chief Product Officer & Innovation Officer, Cars

Search every verified Matthew Crawford interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Matthew Crawford, who serves as Chief Product and Innovation Officer at Cars.com, has been active in public discussions on a range of topics. In a May 2025 interview, he discussed strategies for dealers on the Cars.com marketplace, including pricing vehicles fairly, representing sales staff expertise, and participating in contextual advertising. He noted that consumers who select a salesperson at the time of interest are three times more likely to close on a vehicle. Crawford has also given several talks on philosophical and political themes. At the 2024 New Polity conference, he gave a keynote on technocracy and the vital force in man, arguing that the modern state seeks to create a subject who views himself as a vulnerable creature in need of protection)Skip. In a September 2025 lecture titled "Toward a Christian Vitalism," he discussed the Nietzschean critique of Christianity, arguing that Christian love is not the same as altruism or humanitarianism and that the act of giving ennobles the giver. He also addressed immigration, stating that "humanitarianism in our time has become a weapon that the west wields against itself" on the matter of mass migration, and called for a "Christian humanism that recognizes the goodness of mankind being articulated into distinct nations." In a separate appearance, he discussed the "war on motorists" and driverless cars, expressing skepticism about the technology and arguing that it is not a response to consumer demand.