From 2003 to 2011, the Cadillac XLR was built at the same Bowling Green assembly plant as the Corvette, sharing General Motors’ Y platform, hydroformed frame, and composite bodywork construction technology.
Could General Motors be planning to bring back the XLR, based on the wildly successful mid-engine C8 Corvette?
Definitely not, says the man who should know, GM President Mark Reuss.
In a recent interview with CNBC, Reuss squashed any such notion by saying a new XLR wouldn’t mesh with Cadillac’s current brand strategy. While current Cadillacs do share platforms with other GM vehicles, the company’s top-of-the-line brand aims to make its own mark with bold designs, special interiors, and other changes.
Reuss explains that the first-and-only generation of the XLR was developed as a “secondary car” to the C6 Corvette and “we would never do that” now, he said in the interview. A second-gen XLR would share too much with the Corvette platform.
The XLR was introduced in 2003 at the North American International Auto Show as a halo car for Cadillac and, while an interesting car with its own personality, never really took off sales-wise – reaching a peak of 3,730 in its third year of production and ultimately winding up with a total production of 15,460 cars.
No need for such an inspirational car these days, what with the pending production of the new Cadillac Celestiq, the hand-built ultra-luxury model that will be the most expensive car ever sold by General Motors at an estimated $340,000.
Source:
CarScoops.com
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