[DetroitWonk]

2009 Cadillac XLR, Revealed!

Ray

 

[I-Love-Pontiac]

I don't want a new grille GM. I want it to look like this.

Thank you, and good day.

 

[MarkP]

2009 Cadillac XLR Press Release From GM

GM released a press release this morning about the 2009 XLR. You'd think they would have released more pics with it!

http://xlr-net.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2559

 

[JBsZ06]

I don't want a new grille GM. I want it to look like this.

Thank you, and good day.

That was a stunning showcar.

Its a shame GM clinic'd the XLR and altered it. Still a nice car....but the show car was even sharper as you have shown.

 

[FenwickHockey65]

Hmmm...still a nice car...just...I don't see the need for the reveal of an "all-new car..."

 

[likearock00]

Thank God for those side vents- otherwise I'd never had known anything was done to it. Oh well, it's not a huge asset and GM really needs to put it's money into vehicles with more volume anyway.

 

[ARCANGEL]

this car is weak

 

[jkennedy293]

I don't want a new grille GM. I want it to look like this.

Thank you, and good day.

The concept was perfect...until the accountants got their hands on it.

 

[rozz]

Wow...GM has gone bonker for side vents!!! I hate those vents esp. the fake one they sell at Wally World. Nothing new, the XLR just received more makeup and a new hair do. I like the concept pictured above this thread.

 

[mbukukanyau]

I for one like it

 

[BigAls87Z28]

The concept's lower front facia looks AWESOME AND AGRESSIVE and the production car looks like they stoped designing below the headlights, on both the old one and this new one. Now its has chrome bars that do nothing.

 

[61BelAir]

I had the opportunity to drive one of these for a day a few years back and I loved it. If I won the Lotto I would have a V-series in my garage.

 

[Exploder]

The side vents aside, I actually like how it looks.

 

[mgescuro]

Evoq was awesome. The actual production car was awesome.
The MCE is half-assed.

 

[megeebee]

A clear, modern design has been clogged with an overly ornate grille and those laughable glue-on side vents.

With all the successes of GM design in the past few years, why would they allow this on their most expensive passanger car?

 

[Ambalanche]

It's still a beautiful car, I just wish GM had the money to spend on it for the MCE. That said, I'd still love to own one.

 

[fastrehotrods]

I don't like the side vents either, but I have one idea for why they added them.

My buddy has a bodyshop that was the sole bodyshop for a local Cadillac/Pontiac/GMC dealership. One thing I noticed with all the XLR's is that if you looked down the side of the body, the fender sort of pooched out right in front of the door, looked kind of lame. For that money, you'd want a bodyside that is straight for the whole length. My guess is that the vent will hide that flaw.

 

[telo]

Let me just use some sarcasm here...

Wow! What a difference! They totally changed it and made it better! A side vent! It looks completely different and better, not cheap like the last one. They really learned some things from the CTS.

Right...

 

[FierySolstice]

How does this differ from an 08? I don't see the change. This car needs to be totally redone to compete with the likes of the SL500 and the upcoming BMW Z9.

 

[mgescuro]

How does this differ from an 08? I don't see the change. This car needs to be totally redone to compete with the likes of the SL500 and the upcoming BMW Z9.

The interior uses the Platinum Edition interior -- leather wrapped everything.
Foglamps are different.
Tailpipes are different.
Addition of more technology.

Other than that.... that's about it.