Vehicle Description
If you enjoy driving a sportscar, but would like to arrive at your
destination in style, exhilarated and refreshed instead of beat up
and exhausted, then you should check out this car. It is a shining
example of the benefits that a company like GM can bring to a
limited production sports/luxury car. It has style and grace but is
also a very capable sportscar that compares admirably with its much
more expensive European competitors. Check it out.
The edgy styling of this car has been described in many ways, but
"sharply chiseled" seems the most appropriate. It describes the
shape of the car and its crisp clean lines while also suggesting
how solid the car is. It is technically a "retractable hardtop
roadster" dressed in Light Platinum paint. When the roof is up it
looks very serious of purpose. When it's down, it looks more like
success out for a Sunday drive. Cadillac's V versions are
synonymous with the hi-performance versions of the model. So, take
an already potent XLR, and step it up a notch. There are a few
signs that let you know this is the most potent version besides the
badge on the trunk. There is the beautiful polished wire mesh grill
as well as the polished 19-inch alloy wheels and the four exhaust
pipes peeking out from under the rear bumper. Vertical taillights
that cut forward along the top of the fender are unique and
headlights sculped into the fenders cut a clean path through the
air.
Open the door and you will find an interior full of the luxury
features and quality craftsmanship that you expect from Cadillac.
It is rendered in Ebony with leather and suede seats and accents.
The door panel sets the tone with a suede center panel just above a
comfortable armrest with Zingana wood gracing the door pull and the
power window switches at your fingertips. Settle in to the power
adjustable, heated and cooled leather seat and get comfortable.
Reach out for the steering wheel that you can heat for a
comfortable grip on cold days, and notice the technology controls
under you thumbs on both sides. The dash puts the tach and speedo
directly in front of the driver with the engine gauges off to each
side. The center console is trimmed out in more of that beautiful
Zingana wood and it houses an LCD screen for the Nav and the Bose
stereo systems with the ventilation controls below it. The shifter
for the automatic transmission falls easily to hand and a center
console provides another nice armrest.
Raise the hood up and you will find a supercharged Northstar V8
with a dress up kit that looks sleek and clean, but unfortunately
hides so much of the wonderful technology that makes this car quite
potent. That tech would be a supercharged, dual overhead cam,
4.4-liter engine that pressurizes the air and feeds it through 4
intercoolers that are built into the intake manifold to generate
443 horsepower. These engines are so special that they are built by
hand, one at a time, by a team of experienced craftsman. The power
is sent back through a 6-speed automatic transmission to the rear
wheels. The chassis and suspension are derived from a C6 Corvette,
but everything was tailored by the engineers at Cadillac and tuned
to produce the proper balance of sports car performance with
Cadillac manners. Larger anti-lock brakes were borrowed from a Z51
Corvette so rest assured that you can stop this car in a hurry.
You really can have your cake and eat it to with this car. It is a
serious sports car with Cadillac style and luxury. Come on down and
check this car out. Once you drive it, you just might decide to
drive it on home.
