Is the Cadillac XLR Getting Better with Age? - BoldRide.com
Cadillac knicked the Y-body platform from underneath the C5 Chevrolet Corvette and crafted the XLR’s angular body around it. It would be wrong to call it a simple cut-and-paste job because the XLR had some unique features and a panache all its own. GM’s new Magnetic Ride Control also found a home underneath, allowing the Cadillac to smooth out road ripples. RELATED: Future Cadillac models could have hybrid all-wheel-drive. Cadillac replaced the Corvette’s racy V8 with a more demure 4. 6-liter Northstar V8. As a result, the XLR wrangled up 320 horsepower and 310 lb-ft of torque, much less than the contemporary Corvette’s 400 horsepower figures. Thrill seekers would have to wait for the hot-hot 443 horsepower XLR-V for that much get-up-and-go from a Cadillac roadster. Sure, it’s not one of the top 10 GM vehicles of all time, perhaps it doesn’t even crack the top 50. But there’s something special about the XLR, and of all the mid-2000s vehicles to bear the Cadillac crest. RELATED: Hennessey tuned the Cadillac CTS-V into a 1200 horsepower monster. Source: news.boldride.com
