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The Bowling Green Daily News reports that the Cadillac XLR will cease production forever this spring. Spawned from the eye-popping Evoq concept, the Corvette-derived (but Northstar-powered) hardtop convertible finds itself as General Motors' latest cost-cutting casualty. Its high price, low volume and decreasing sales do not make for a strong business case anymore, especially in an economic environment that is not conducive to new car sales in general. We've driven the XLR (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/29/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-cadillac-xlr-v/) - the supercharged V-Series - and we like it a lot. Rare and stylish enough to still turn heads, fast enough to paste a wide, goofy grin on your face, and comfortable enough to let you cruise for hours on end - as good as it was, the XLR (and its V-Series counterpart) never quite got the formula perfected. It was doomed to perpetual also-ran status in its category compared to the benchmark set by the Mercedes-Benz SL. The Corvettes also had better engines, manual gearboxes and cost a lot less. The current CTS-V boasts a substantially better interior, is faster and costs less still. And so the XLR drives into the sunset this spring. Frankly, it's a pretty good ride to be making that drive in.

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[Source: Bowling Green Daily News (http://xlr-net.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3080)]GM reportedly executes Cadillac XLR (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/26/gm-executes-cadillac-xlr/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).



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Well! It was a good run... RIP XLR

It was overpriced -- it should have been priced the same as the Corvette, and it should have had pop-up rollover protection.