@robertduffer.bsky.social
Writer, reader, editor, covering the automotive industry and words.
This Tesla #Model3 must’ve been washed out by the unusual desert downpour in McDowell Regional Park in AZ.
13.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Weekend roadtrip thru the Midwest provoked 3 strangers to comment/compliment the 2025 #AlfaRomeo #Tonale.
Is it the badge or the car?
Borrowed a 2025 #Subaru Outback for back-to-school move in. Next-gen gets bigger, but it was the perfect size, and 28mpg over 1300 miles in the rain worked very well.
26.08.2025 16:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Check this out. Same #SUV, same time of day. It’s the magic of the Earthy Bronze Matte coat on the 2026 #Hyundai #Palisade. U like? We’re a house divided #GenerationalCars
18.08.2025 16:21 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
What launch control sounds like in a 7,000+ pound #EV #SUV that goes 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds.
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The Cadillac #Escalade #IQ is my favorite version yet of the brand’s bestseller. The $167K sticker is my least favorite thing about it.
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Feel it in High brake regen too.
07.08.2025 22:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Testing: 2025 Subaru #WRX TS
271-hp turbo flat-4
AWD planted like a tree
Gonna be a good week. #blueskycars
Played around w the 2026 Bentley Flying Spur GT in top Mulliner spec. You agree it’s the best-looking #Bentley? #carsky #cars
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Road-tripped Croatia tip to toe in this #Kia Stonic. #hatchback #blueskycars
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2025 #Ford #Maverick #Hybrid finally with #AWD but that makes even the base XL crack $30K. Worth it? I think so but Ford’s hybrid reliability concerns me.
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Redesigned 2025 #Ford Expedition gets more family-friendly and smarter. Love the standard power-split tailgate. You would too if you ever lost a watermelon to a top-hinge tailgate.
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Spent some time in the 2025 #Ford Explorer ST 3-row #SUV. Explorer still looks great, and the ST’s twin-turbo V6 rocks 400hp.
#blueskycars #carsofbluesky
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“This is so embarrassing.” My daughter, in an outtake she included in an otherwise sharp review in the 2025 Volvo Cars #EX30 #EV, Volvo’s quickest car ever.
As tested: Twin-Motor Performance AWD Ultra: $48,395
0-60: 3.5 seconds
Range: 253 miles
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Yes. Agreed. The gimmicks are over the top. But that’s Dodge. Steering feel was distant at best, but in line with large touring sedans. Acceleration stunning. Handling, kinda bloated but tough to say on wet country roads. More good than bad overall. And nothing else like it.
04.06.2025 03:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Not sure what the expectation was with the 2026 Dodge #Charger Daytona, but the 4-door sedan makes for a strong performance #EV. There are too many compromises to make it a muscle car tho.
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This hack Buscaglia has given freelancers and news media another black mark.
30.05.2025 01:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is the this the smallest rear wiper in automotive? Lou’s for size. #blueskycars #Volvo
29.05.2025 20:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2025 Ford #Bronco Stroppe honors the high-speed Baja desert racer of the 70s, but w a disconnecting stabilizer bar, Fox bypass shocks, 35-in mudders, it handled the deep Midwestern mud n muck w ease.
#MAMA25SR
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CCS port door on Scout Traveler SUV has a combine graphic honoring its Intl Harvester past.
#MAMA25SR
Don’t pedant me.
22.05.2025 05:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The @Scout character line that serves as a lighted visual halo wrapping around the #EV #SUV is called an equator line. #themoreuknuh,bruh
#MAMA25SR
This is what Subarus dream of. #Forester #Hybrid is the real deal #offroad, and handles the muck and mud with ease.
#MAMA25SR
2025.5 Volvo #XC90 Ultra #PHEV
Pros:
Beautiful interior
Smooth ride
33 miles of #EV range
Cons:
No straps to pull up 3rd row from cargo
Too much touchscreen
$88,695
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Such a fun time rooting around in this Time Machine, which you could get new in 1992 for less than $14k. I had just gotten my license…
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2026 #Genesis GV70 Sport Prestige AWD this week. The luxury crossover gets and looks better, esp in Chicago Bulls trim.
17.05.2025 22:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bella! Quick spin in the 2025 #AlfaRomeo #Stelvio #SUV. No Ferrari sourced V6, but it still cuts a mark of distinction in the luxury crossover space. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86Ng2tY/
03.05.2025 20:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
03.05.2025 01:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Recently tracked 2025 @volkswagen.bsky.social #GolfR with #VW PR Director Mark Gillies. It’s a proper hot hatch and smooths out the imperfect spots of Summit Point Motorsports Park.
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Wtaf
25.04.2025 17:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
