Cadillac is serious about doing the coolest shit these days; almost in spite of itself. Grandpa definitely wouldn't have recognized the company who once built his '82 Eldorado as a performance and design leader. But that's exactly what it's becoming. Take, for example, the performance version of its XLR roadster, the XLR-V, which the company revealed at the NY show. A supercharged version of the 4.4 liter, 440hp Northstar V8 engine gives the XLR-V a 0-60 mph acceleration of under five seconds. Go, grandpa, freaking go.

Check out the Webcast of GM's XLR-V unveiling [GM Feed Room]

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Cadillac XLR-V to Debut in New York [internal]

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