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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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Subaru Dealer Says In Its IG Post, “We Bought a Kia and the Engine Blew Before We Made It Home” 2
Chief Tesla Cybertruck Engineer Interview Is Revealing, “I Never Wanted To Be the Next Elon Musk or Whatever” 4
Did You Buy a Nissan Frontier Lift Kit On Facebook? Nissan Dealer Says Its Parts Director Sold 200 Factory Kits on Facebook and Pocketed $575,000 1
The Next-Gen Subaru Baja You Want Now 42
My Ford F-150 Has Lost So Much Value, $20K In Negative Equity Since Ford Decided to Tank the Brand Due to Reliability and Cutting Corners 73
I Bought a 1998 Subaru Forester With 183,286 Miles, Took a 20,000 Mile Road Trip, Drove It Another 3 Years, and Decided It Was Finally Time To Let Her Retire 12
I Found a Rivian R1T At Auction For Cheap, It's Not Something I've Seen Out Here, I Love My Teslas, But I’d Choose the R1T Over the Cybertruck Any Day 2
I Was Told By Tesla To Disregard Some Traffic Rules When I Was Training Autopilot’s Software 1
Subaru Won’t Accept Anything Less Than Zero 7
I Bought a New Chevy Silverado, 4 Months In, the Bank Wants $35K From Me On My Old Truck, the GMC Dealer Never Paid It Off 28
Subaru Mgr Embezzles $144K From Vermont Dealer, “We Caught It Early On, It Could Have Been Devastating If It Went On Any Longer” 0
2025 Subaru WRX Pricing and Model Guide, One Trim Is New, Two Are Discontinued 0
Massive Toyota Lawsuit Includes RAV4 and 9 Other Models, “Toyota Has Long Been Aware of the Door-Lock Defect But Has Routinely Refused to Repair the Issue” 167
Head-To-Head 2025 Subaru Outback Vs. 2025 Honda CR-V, U.S. News Says the CR-V Wins Convincingly, But I Disagree 1
I Found a Flaming $150K Audi E-tron GT On Our Service Lift, It’s Hard Enough To Get an EV Fire Out On a Road, One Inside Presents A Whole New Set of Issues 1
Subaru Salesman Says “I Had No Idea I Could Do These 5 Things Hands-Free On My Subaru” 1
Subaru Office Mgr. Embezzled Nearly $200K From Dealer, “It’s a Shame That an Employee of 22 Years Could Betray Our Trust Like That” 0
This Is For Anybody Who Is Looking To Buy A New 2025 Kia Carnival, Don’t Buy It, My Battery Died 3 Times, They Are Pretty Clueless How To Fix It 1
Tesla Vs. Rivian Lawsuit Settlement - “An Alarming Pattern of Our Workers Poached By Rivian Were Caught Red-Handed Stealing Trade Secrets” 0
Nissan Altima Customer Becomes Irate When Dealer Refuses To Fix His Car For Free, “He Slammed His Knee Into the Seatbelt Buckle Crushing One Of My Fingers” 0
Toyota Is Shut Out of The Best CPO Value in America Awards Except For One Discontinued Model - the RAV4, Tacoma, Tundra, and Highlander Are Missing 1
Move Over Cybertruck, the Tesla Robot Toy Is The Rave, One Was On eBay For $10,000, “I Tried To Buy One, It Sold Out In Less Than 24 Hours” 0
Amanda’s Subaru Forester Has 100K Miles and Already Needs A New Transmission, “I Bought It With the Understanding That Subaru’s Last Until 300,000 Miles Or More” 18
2025 Subaru Forester Wilderness Pricing and Model Guide, Should You Wait? 2
My Tesla Model Y Police Car Is Too Cramped, Too Hard to Charge and Too Expensive to Up Fit with Equipment, It’s Nearly Unusable As A Squad Car 1