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Patrick Masterson

Patrick Masterson is Chief Copy Editor at Cars.com. He joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and has achieved the rare feat of applying his journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor his entire professional career. He lives by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and knows where semicolons can go.

Approximately 9,700 model-year 2012-16 Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-
 AMG SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 500 Honda cars, minivans, SUVs and pickup trucks are 
 being recalled.
Approximately 70 model-year 2017 Honda Civic hatchbacks and Civic Type 
 R cars are being recalled for front seatback pads.
Approximately 240,000 model-year 2004-07 Jeep Liberty SUVs are being 
 recalled.
Approximately 42,800 model-year 2008-09 Smart ForTwo electric city cars 
 are being recalled.
Approximately 27,000 model-year 2017 Kia Niro hybrid hatchbacks are 
 being recalled.
Some 305 model-year 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder sports cars in the U.S. are 
 being recalled.
There's every reason to believe Memorial Day 2018 could spring some 
 unusually sweet new-car discounts. Here are a few of the best deals we 
 know about now.
Approximately 380 model-year 2018 Chevrolet Equinox SUVs are being 
 recalled for window glass.
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 not sure of where to start? Check out our link guide here.