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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

Volkswagen has announced that, in addition to a new ID concept car, it will be revealing an all-new brand identity at the 2019 Frankfurt motor show. Here’s what we know so far.
Approximately 679,000 model-year 2011-19 Volkswagen hatchbacks, coupes, convertibles, wagons and sedans are being recalled for a transmission issue.
Approximately 130 model-year 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE350 and GLE450 SUVs are being recalled for their fuel tanks.
Approximately 460 model-year 2018 Mercedes-AMG SL65, model-year 2019 Mercedes-AMG SL63, and model-year 2018-19 Mercedes-Benz SL450 and SL550 coupes and convertibles are being recalled.
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Approximately 700 model-year 2019 Toyota Camry sedans are being recalled for their occupant classification systems.
Approximately 103,400 model-year 2015 Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ sedans are being recalled.
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Approximately 22,600 model-year 2019 Mazda3 sedans and hatchbacks equipped with manual dimming mirrors are being recalled.
Approximately 14,000 model-year 2019 Toyota RAV4 and RAV4 Hybrid SUVs are being recalled for connectors in their audio display units.