2 / 12 Selling cars is often a soul-crushing grind. So it’s understandable that dealership . As one New England dealership recently found out, though, if you , there can be some pretty nasty consequences.
- Collin Woodard 3 / 12 The latest generation of the Toyota Tundra and the improved over the previous models in a big way: Toyota’s ancient, gas-guzzling 5.7-liter V8 was dropped in favor of a brand new twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6.
With up to 409 horsepower (389 horsepower in the ) it makes more power and gets better gas mileage than the V8 it replaced. Unfortunately, within a year or so of the new engine debuting in the Toyota Tundra and Lexus LX, some owners problems. They all had one thing in common: engine failure.
Now, as reports, Toyota finally found a reason for the failures and is issuing a recall. - Lawrence Hodge 4 / 12 Fisker, after the , . For CEO Henrik Fisker, founder of both and , it’s a tale as old as time — spin up a car company, make a few copies of one car, and then crash and burn in spectacular fashion.
A , though, starts to connect the dots on why this keeps happening to Fisker’s companies: The man himself. - Amber DaSilva 5 / 12 The infamous who thought he was hot shit for terrorizing the city with his loud exhaust and reckless driving has had his actions catch up with him. After a that he couldn’t drive his “Belltown Hellcat” due to him disturbing the peace with its V8 roar, it seems Hellcat owner Miles Hudson ignored the judgment.
He might.