XLR Official

[Steven B.]

The Cadillac XLR-V

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The Cadillac XLRAutoWeek.
General Motors is taking final orders now, and the last XLRs will be built this spring after a six-year run.
The XLR is built on the Chevrolet Corvette platform but uses Recommend




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[Jim T.]

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Is the XLR an all metal body?

[Joe L.]

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The Cadillac XLR-V

Cadillac

The Cadillac XLRAutoWeek.
General Motors is taking final orders now, and the last XLRs will be built this spring after a six-year run.
The XLR is built on the Chevrolet Corvette platform but uses Recommend




This article was last updated on: 01/27/09, 11:32 et

Steve-----


The only thing that surprises me is that the car lasted until 2009. The sales of this car have been so low I just don't see how GM could justify building them.

[Terry M.]

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Is the XLR an all metal body?

Jim I believe it is as metal as any other car is today.

XLR Production numbers:

http://www.xlr-net.com/specs/production.html

This is a graphic summary lunk. The same site has the production numbers by year.

[Tom M.]

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Jim I believe it is as metal as any other car is today.

XLR Production numbers:

http://www.xlr-net.com/specs/production.html

This is a graphic summary lunk. The same site has the production numbers by year.

Do they build a XLR with the new ZR1 MOTOR ? or have they in the past put a vette engine in one ?

[Steven B.]

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Steve-----


The only thing that surprises me is that the car lasted until 2009. The sales of this car have been so low I just don't see how GM could justify building them.

I have not seen that many on the street, even in the Dalllas Fort Worth area. There was one last summer with Longhorn horns on the front---honest.

[Clem Z.]

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Do they build a XLR with the new ZR1 MOTOR ? or have they in the past put a vette engine in one ?

i believe it uses the caddy northstar engine in both supercharged and normally aspirated version

[Clem Z.]

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Is the XLR an all metal body?

it also uses the same type composite body panels as the corvette

[Joe L.]

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i believe it uses the caddy northstar engine in both supercharged and normally aspirated version

clem-----


Yes, it does.

[Joe L.]

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it also uses the same type composite body panels as the corvette

clem----


Yes, it does.

[Roy S.]

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This all seems in line with the earlier announcement that the Pontiac Soltice/Saturn Sky platform was going to Bowling Green in 2012. Something needs to go to make room. the question then becomes is the Pontiac Soltice/Saturn Sky platform the future platform for the new/smaller lighter weight C7 Corvette? I think the hand writing is on the wall if you follow the UAW contract!

[Joe L.]

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This all seems in line with the earlier announcement that the Pontiac Soltice/Saturn Sky platform was going to Bowling Green in 2012. Something needs to go to make room. the question then becomes is the Pontiac Soltice/Saturn Sky platform the future platform for the new/smaller lighter weight C7 Corvette? I think the hand writing is on the wall if you follow the UAW contract!

Roy-----

I've said basically the same thing for quite awhile now. What I foresee is the Solstice/Sky platform will be upgraded for the next generation Solstice (I think the Sky is going to go away when GM dumps the Saturn brand) and that platform will form the basis for the C7 Corvette. It's even possible that the Solstice will go away if GM decides to dump the Pontiac brand, too. In that case, the upgraded Solstice platform will "morph" into a "unique" Corvette platform.

The one thing I can't figure out: the Solstice is not all that light of car now. It's really only a few hundred pounds lighter than a Corvette. So, I can't see what would be gained by going to this platform except cost reduction. But, that may be the only justification that's required in this environment.

By the way, I fully expect the C7 Corvette to be a V-6 powered machine. Interestingly, with very few modifications, the 3.6L DOHC V-6 will fit in the current Solstice platform. This engine, or its successor, is going to be the GM performance engine of the future.

[Roy S.]

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Joe - The direct injection 4.2 V8, with hydro formed aluminum rails, magnesium cradles and carbon fiber panels starts to lighten pretty quick. The Corvette team can trim the weight. If they take that approach with either a V6 or small high winding V8 it could be interesting.

[Joe L.]

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Joe - The direct injection 4.2 V8, with hydro formed aluminum rails, magnesium cradles and carbon fiber panels starts to lighten pretty quick. The Corvette team can trim the weight. If they take that approach with either a V6 or small high winding V8 it could be interesting.

Roy-----


I think that V-8's are going to go the way of the dodo bird and soon. With the upcoming approval of the California emissions standards which will be quickly adopted by about a dozen more states, I'm virtually certain of it.

GM trucks will be diesel V-8's and gasoline DOHC I-6, I-5 and I-4. Cars will be DOHC I-4 and V-6. There might even be some I-3 engines for cars.

[Clem Z.]

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Roy-----

I've said basically the same thing for quite awhile now. What I foresee is the Solstice/Sky platform will be upgraded for the next generation Solstice (I think the Sky is going to go away when GM dumps the Saturn brand) and that platform will form the basis for the C7 Corvette. It's even possible that the Solstice will go away if GM decides to dump the Pontiac brand, too. In that case, the upgraded Solstice platform will "morph" into a "unique" Corvette platform.

The one thing I can't figure out: the Solstice is not all that light of car now. It's really only a few hundred pounds lighter than a Corvette. So, I can't see what would be gained by going to this platform except cost reduction. But, that may be the only justification that's required in this environment.

By the way, I fully expect the C7 Corvette to be a V-6 powered machine. Interestingly, with very few modifications, the 3.6L DOHC V-6 will fit in the current Solstice platform. This engine, or its successor, is going to be the GM performance engine of the future.

the LS series V-8 will fit into a solstice and GM even sold a kit to do this.