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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 47,800 model-year 2011-12 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce 
 vehicles are being recalled for an auxiliary water pump.
Ahead of the 2018 Kentucky Derby, we break down what horsepower is 
 worth — and how many actual ponies you'd need to power a few key cars.
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Approximately 5,800 model-year 2018 Acura MDX SUVs and Honda Pilot 
 SUVs and Ridgeline pickup trucks are being recalled.
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 how to start? Check out our link guide here.
Approximately 140 Ford F-150 pickup trucks, Expedition SUVs, Mustang 
 muscle cars and Lincoln Navigator SUVs are being recalled.
Approximately 60 model-year 2018 Mercedes-Benz SUVs and sports cars 
 are being recalled for the housing on the driver-side airbag inflator.
Approximately 3,000 model-year 2017-18 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, E-Class 
 and Mercedes-AMG C cars are being recalled.
Approximately 12,600 model-year 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUVs are being 
 recalled for two separate issues.
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 you're not sure of where to start? Check out our link guide here.