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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social

Take 70s, 80s, and 90s car profiles and make them electric. Everyone knows the real bad boys are driving these

An old VW rabbit looking cool as hell
apr 4, 2025, 2:29 pm • 62 3

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Doug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social

Even just making some of the already-in-production vehicles available in North America would great. Gotta do a family road trip at and still get great fuel economy? How about this:

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apr 4, 2025, 2:35 pm • 6 0 • view
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GO round @gloomen.bsky.social

Oh gosh yes. Aaaaand! Did you know that the EU Golf Wagon has a handle that you pull and a hidden trailer hitch flips down from under the bumper? The NA wagon does not. Something something towing something warranty liability.

apr 4, 2025, 2:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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GO round @gloomen.bsky.social

I am also a little biased... (and disappointed that we don't get the GTE in Canada)

June 2020. We escaped COVID lock-down and went canoeing up north!
apr 4, 2025, 2:54 pm • 2 0 • view
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Doug van den Ham @dvdham.bsky.social

I'm also a bit biased. I have a 2016 Sportwagen. It's a fuel efficient so everything vehicle. I'd consider up grading it if VW would bring it back to the Canadian market. (Especially as a plugin hybrid).

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apr 4, 2025, 3:02 pm • 3 0 • view
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GO round @gloomen.bsky.social

Yup, they're almost perfect (see above trailer hitch comment). Rented one and got 5.4L/100km hwy between Montreal and Toronto. If only we could get the EU e or hybrid versions. All the vehicle that most people need.

apr 4, 2025, 3:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Greg Macfarlane @gregmacfarlane.bsky.social

I would love an electric polo so much

apr 4, 2025, 3:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Luis E Gomez @lugoz.bsky.social

Id live an electric first gen Audi TT.

apr 4, 2025, 2:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social

I think I am slightly biased because my husband had a VW Cabrio when we met. Infinite vertical storage, cool as hell.

A photo into the front seat of a VW Cabrio convertible with me in the passenger seat turning back to the camera and my husband (then boyfriend) driving The Cabrio with the top down and my bike in the back seat. The Cabrio in a parking lot with my husband in the driver's seat. It's snowing but the top is down and my bike is in the back seat
apr 4, 2025, 2:38 pm • 25 1 • view
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social

Didn't even need to take off the wheel!

apr 4, 2025, 2:39 pm • 3 0 • view
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internetracecar @hegaldia.bsky.social

when i run out of volkswagen engines, you better believe an e-conversion is on the menu cars should be a little bit raw and a little bit uncomfortable the way 80s and 90s cars were, because they were light, thrifty, and Enough, and now they're Too Much, and we all suffer as a result

a flat black bombardier/volkswagen iltis parked in a driveway beside a shaggy lawn in summer
apr 4, 2025, 2:48 pm • 3 0 • view
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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social

I legit drive an eGolf! Range kinda sucks (around 75 miles) but it's perfect for a car that never leaves my city. I do think Rivian is coming out with a little hatchback that might fit this profile:

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social

😍😍

apr 4, 2025, 5:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social

...and kei vehicles - more kei vehicles!

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apr 4, 2025, 2:56 pm • 9 0 • view
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GO round @gloomen.bsky.social

This little beauty has been in my neighbourhood for years. It seats 2 (two)! And it makes a Hyundai Elantra look enormous. I want / covet it, but at 6'2" I would never fit.

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apr 4, 2025, 3:08 pm • 6 0 • view
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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social

those Midgets are pretty cute

apr 4, 2025, 3:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Morgan is short for Morgantopithecus blacki @morganthegray.bsky.social

This is what I keep asking for! I want a '90s-Civic-sized electric hot hatch with 150-200 kW going to all four wheels*. We have the technology. We can make it happen. *RWD is my second choice.

apr 4, 2025, 2:35 pm • 2 0 • view