Chief Copy Editor

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

By Patrick Masterson
July 2, 2020
The Q5’s biggest changes for the 2021 model year are technological rather than aesthetic.
By Patrick Masterson
June 29, 2020
We took a closer look at Cars.com’s 2020 American-Made Index to examine the top-ranked vehicles on which you can score some savings.
By Patrick Masterson
June 26, 2020
Approximately 2,600 model-year 2020 Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs are being recalled for head restraint attachment brackets.
By Patrick Masterson
June 25, 2020
Approximately 267,000 Toyota Prius hybrids and Prius v hybrids are being recalled for a software fault.
By Patrick Masterson
June 24, 2020
Approximately 2,800 BMW Z4 coupes, 3 Series sedans, X3 and X4 SUVs, and Toyota Supra coupes are being recalled for their steering gear tie rods.
By Patrick Masterson
June 23, 2020
Approximately 12,100 model-year 2020 Mazda CX-30 SUVs equipped with all-wheel drive are being recalled for evaporative vent hoses.
By Patrick Masterson
June 19, 2020
Approximately 24,000 model-year 2020 Mazda CX-30s and Mazda3s are being recalled for front brake caliper mounting bolts.
By Patrick Masterson
June 19, 2020
Approximately 67,200 model-year 2014-17 Jeep Cherokee SUVs equipped with a two-speed power transfer unit are being recalled.
By Patrick Masterson
June 18, 2020
By Patrick Masterson
June 11, 2020