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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.

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Approximately 5,300 model-year 2013-16 Ford Focus cars and 2013-15 
 Fusion sedans are being recalled.
Approximately 1.3 million model-year 2014-18 Ford Fusion and Lincoln 
 MKZ sedans are being recalled for a steering-wheel bolt.
Approximately 1,500 model-year 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio SUVs are being 
 recalled for software in the windshield wiper motor.
Approximately 17,000 model-year 2014 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are 
 being recalled for their alternators.
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If fuel economy is foremost in your mind, the 2018 Volkswagen Passat is 
 competitive but hardly a standout in its class.
Approximately 2,100 2017-18 Ford Taurus sedans with a physical key and 
 non-push-button start are being recalled.
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