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Denis Flierl

Denis Flierl

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Denis Flierl: Senior Reporter & Industry Insider

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Denis has served as a Senior Reporter for Torque News since 2012, leveraging over three decades of automotive industry expertise. His career began in consulting, where he worked directly with major automotive brands, before transitioning to freelance journalism. Years of test-driving new vehicles have equipped him with a wealth of insider knowledge. Today, Denis specializes in breaking news, exclusive owner perspectives, and in-depth analysis to keep consumers fully informed. 

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Rivian Employee Says, “I Was Brought to Tears By My Frothing Red-Faced Angry Boss In Front of My Coworkers, I Reported It to HR But They Did Nothing 0
I Was Sideswiped By a Tesla Cybertruck in Miami, and Then I Was Shocked By What I Found, I Kept the Evidence 0
We Saved Up For a Year For Our Jeep Cherokee, Only Had It Two Weeks, I Looked Outside and It’s Gone Right Before Christmas 0
My Subaru Forester Has 275,000 Miles and It’s Held Together By Metal Roofing Screws, But It Keeps Me Alive 6
Ford Dealer Says “My Ford Raptor R Customers Always Want Me to Remove the $1,800 Graphics, But I Would Keep Them On” 33
I Covered My Tesla Model X In Christmas Lights, RIP to My $100K Car, Who Let Me Do This, and Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me This Was Going To Happen? 16
My Volkswagen Jetta's Seat Got So Hot the Heat Warmer Burned a Hole In the Seat and My Sweater, Guess I Need Pink Seat Covers To Hide the Hole Now 0
I Saw A Cadillac Escalade Advertised For $63K, When I Inquire, the Dealer Raised the Price $6K Without Warning, Says We Have Been Getting a Lot of Inquiries Today 8
I Bought a 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, It’s a $60,000 Car and My Navigation Doesn’t Work, Now Toyota Says I Have To Pay More For Their App For It To Work 33
Tesla Model X Owner Says, People Say It Must Be Bad In the Snow, and Hard to Charge, I Laugh and Say I Don't Have to Go Out Of My Way to Pump Gas in Sub-Zero Temps 1
I Have A New Chevy Silverado, and This Thing Says ‘Buckle to Shift,’ I Have to Buckle My Seat Belt in Order to Shift Out of Park 53
I Found a Weird Black Box On My Toyota Tacoma, and I Think It’s a Tracking Device, I’m Not the Only One Finding These 14
Update - 2025 Subaru Forester Owner Says, “Most People Who Want Heated Seats, Especially In the Winter, Are Going To Be Very Disappointed” 7
I Brought My Toyota Highlander Into the Dealer For the 10th Time To Get My Moonroof Leak Fixed, They Made Me Pay $2,500 and It’s Still Not Fixed 53
Cadillac Dealer Says, “She Test Drove a New Escalade, Stabbed Our Salesperson Who Was Able To Escape, and Then She Stole the SUV” 1
I Have a 2025 Subaru Forester Sport, I Am Very Disappointed In the Heated Seats, Only Heats to 90 Degrees, So Disappointed, I Can Barely Feel the Heat On High! 116
My Son Needed a Car, So Grandma Buys Him a 2024 Subaru Crosstrek, Only Problem, Grandma Loves It More Than Her Toyota Camry and Takes It Back 6
Tesla Cybertruck Owner Says It’s An Expensive Brick After Washing His Truck, “I’m Only Two Months In With 3,400 Miles, My Screen Is Blank and Won’t Reset" 12
Selling My Toyota Tacoma Was a Nightmare, I Was Scammed, They Distracted Me, He Opened Up the Oil-Filler Cap and Poured a Bottle of Water in the Oil, Then Replaced the Cap 3
I Traded In My 2019 Crosstrek Limited For a 2024 Outback Wilderness, and I Couldn’t Be Happier With the Decision 7
I Flew To Houston to Buy a Ford F-150, It Was An Elaborate Facebook Marketplace Scam Says Sheriff’s Office, I’m Out Thousands of Dollars and the Truck 2
I Was Excited, My Grandparents Gifted Me a 2024 Subaru Outback - As I Lay On My Side After a Huge Crash, I Screamed Because of My Anguish For Losing My Car I Loved So Much 6
I Wanted a Subaru WRX Because STIs Are Expensive To Maintain, After Two Honda Civic Sis, I Bought a 2019 STI and Disaster Struck, My Engine Failed 14
I Paid $391 For Brakes On My Mercedes At A Brake Shop, As I'm Driving, the Car Starts Shaking and I’m Swerving, They Were Installed Wrong, I Paid Another $500 To the MB Dealer To Fix It Right 1
Man Crashes His Subaru Outback Which He Called a "Lemon" Through the Front Door of a Mazda Dealer After They Told Him It Was Sold “As Is” 12