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Patrick Masterson

I joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and have achieved the rare feat of applying my journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor my entire professional career, which has somehow been more than a decade solely at Cars.com and currently as Chief Copy Editor. I live by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and know where the semicolons can go, which you can occasionally find updated proof of in the stories

below.

Articles by Patrick Masterson

Approximately 8,700 model-year 2017-18 Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-AMG 
 and Mercedes-Maybach vehicles are being recalled.
Approximately 62,000 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles coupes, hatchbacks, 
 minivans, pickup trucks, sedans, SUVs and vans are being recalled.
Primed to buy a new car before New Year's Day but not sure of where to 
 start this weekend? Check out our link guide.
As we approach the end of the year, it's time for a list of cars that are 
 approaching the end of the road. Here's what's leaving us in 2018.
Approximately 48,700 model-year 2012-14 Audi A6 luxury sedans and A7 
 luxury hatchbacks are being recalled for a fuel line.
Approximately 144 model-year 2016-17 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric 
 hatchbacks are being recalled as part of the Takata airbag recall.
Ready to buy a new car for the holidays but not sure of where to start this 
 weekend? Check out our link guide here.
Approximately 1,100 model-year 2017 Mazda CX-5 SUVs equipped with an 
 accessory trailer-hitch wiring harness are being recalled.
Did power-closing clamshell doors and a built-in art gallery not convince 
 you the 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom was a good idea? How about cabin 
 quiet?