Imagine if two cars got together and had a baby. The dad was a Cadillac CTS, and mom was a sexy C6 Corvette. The result is the XLR.

XLR taillights are going for $1500-2000 these days.

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape

Ай бұрын

I'd guess that 3D printers have to be changing that somehow but maybe not

Why no Corvette V8?

@veilcrowe

Жыл бұрын

I have some theories. GM wants to keeping the Corvette as the performance car star. Assuming Cadillac buyers want a Cadillac specific engine. Calculating sales taken away from the C6 Corvette,which I assume was expensive to develop. Just a guess here without looking into it. I guess the Corvette may have went through more design test in the pursuit of performance vs the XLR. I would imagine if this is the case,GM may have feared buyers weighing out Cadillac or another luxury sports car brand and overshadowing the Corvette. May have left a stain on reputation if the case of style over performance. A tried and true breadwinner name. I don't know if any of this is true,just uneducated guesses. Either way,would have been neat to have a Corvette power train introduced.

@a.person7825

Жыл бұрын

@@veilcrowe Your hypotheseseseses are sound and make perfect sense. 🧐 I just miss the days when an auto manufacturer would just say, “What the heck..let’s just do it!”. 🤷🏻

@veilcrowe

Жыл бұрын

@@a.person7825 Same here. It seems like wasted opportunity. I question why GM didn't use the Grand National turbo V6 in the Corvette in the 80's as well. Guessing GM didn't think Corvette buyers would accept a V6. It would have made the Corvette one of the quickest cars of the era.

@a.person7825

Жыл бұрын

@@veilcrowe It’s our mindset, form over function…when it should be function over form. 😎

@4411825

9 ай бұрын

It was a bad mistake and is rooted in the thinking that the push rod engine isn’t “sophisticated” enough!

The XLR never stood a chance. Now the Allante was "uninspired"? Yet back in the day MW said it was a serious contender. I liked the Allante better looks wise for it's time period, but of course it was another GM flop.

@2steaksandwiches665

4 ай бұрын

Allante was a hard sale at the time, because the Mercedes SL was a better car in every metric.

@MercOne

4 ай бұрын

@@2steaksandwiches665Absolutely.