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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

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Articles by Patrick Masterson

As National Stick Shift Day 2019 approached, we got to thinking: Which cars do we wish still had them? And similarly, which are we relieved don’t?
Approximately 7,600 model-year 2019 Ford Ranger SuperCab pickup trucks are being recalled for right-front seat belt assemblies.
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Approximately 2,100 model-year 2019 Subaru Legacy sedans and Outback wagons are being recalled for improperly applied spot welds.
In two separate recalls, approximately 11 and 750 model-year 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE350 and GLE450 luxury SUVs are affected.
Approximately 460 model-year 2018-19 Toyota Prius c hybrids are being recalled for DC-DC converters.
Approximately 660 model-year 2016-17 Mercedes-AMG GT S coupes are being recalled.
Approximately 16,600 model-year 2008-12 BMW 3 Series sedans, coupes and convertibles are being recalled for a battery cable connection.
Approximately 262,200 model-year 2018-19 Mazda CX-5 SUVs and Mazda6 sedans, and model-year 2019 Mazda3 sedans and hatchbacks are being recalled.
Approximately 57,400 Ford Focus and Ford Focus ST cars are being recalled for an incomplete service in a previous recall.