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    Cadillac XLR Is Dead

    D3-Tuned XLR-V Cranks Out 600 HP; Brake Upgrades "Highly Recommended"

    2009 Cadillac XLR-V Revealed, Along With A Load Of Images

    2009 Cadillac XLR Roadster, Revealed!

    2009 Cadillac XLR, Now In The Nude

    2009 Cadillac XLR Roadster

    Rampant Speculation On 2009 Cadillac XLR, XLR-V

    Cadillac XLR

    Bob Barker's Last Car Can Be Yours!

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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    01/28/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    My favorite platform whore! No!!!!!!!!!!
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    01/27/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    This was one of the ugliest excuses for a car I've ever seen (and, no, I don't find Toyotas appealing either). The Transformer styling made it look like some kind of Hot Wheel. Maybe if it had been priced more appropriately for ten-year-olds it would've sold better?
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    So no RHD XLR for Oz. Ford and Holden can breath now. The big bad ugly monster is gone now.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    A friend of mine had one of these things. I tried to get him to explain why he bought it, instead of the obvious Z06. His answer involved scarcity, not driving qualities or usefulness of any kind. I guess I'm not patrician enough to appreciate arguments like that. At any rate, as long as it has a name composed only of letters, I am actually glad it's dying. If it was called a "Wildcat" or a "Succubus" or something, I would be mourning its passing. Friends have names, not just letters and numbers arranged in some random fashion.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/26/09

    @DoctorNine: ...which means it's time to kill the 525i, a name with no words and no longer any meaning.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Really, this better not be worth any collector value in the future. Seriously, the XLR was really bad idea.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    I am actually saddened by this, but I can't say I'm surprised. There's an XLR-V that's been sitting on a lot in northern BC for over a year now. It's a few years old, and they still want something like $80k for it. Um, NO.


    I am mostly saddened by it, however, as there is a smokin' hot blonde who drives a bright blue XLR in Edmonton, who likes to play in traffic with me whenever we encounter each other. If she can't buy a replacement XLR when her time with that one is up, how will I ever manage to find her again?

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    Image of Rick Astley Rick Astley
    01/26/09

    @Deartháir: I think you're obsessed with this woman -- [jalopnik.com]
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/26/09

    @Rick Astley: Your comment-fu is absolutely astonishing. That you managed to not only remember, but also locate a single comment of mine from some time ago in less than ten minutes after I posted... is... a little creepy, actually.


    Mr. Astley, are you flirting with me?

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/26/09

    @Deartháir: you should accidentally "bump" her. that way you can stop stalking jalopnik writers and start stalking women via there license and insurance information
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/26/09

    @damnelantra™: Why would I stop stalking Jalopnik writers? It's fun to see their frightened looks in their rear-view mirrors.


    Except Ray, of course. He just ignores me, most of the time, and the rest of the time he's too drunk to notice anyhow.

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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Meh. All along I'd thought a nicely preserved Northstar Allanté would suit me better.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/26/09

    @Tanshanomi: Good call. There's a beautiful Allanté in a showroom in Edmonton. If it wasn't in bright "Let's Go Girls!" red, I'd be drooling all over it. I hate red cars.


    Yes, two of my cars are bright red.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/26/09

    @Tanshanomi: Except that FWD.


    Yes, I meant "that", not "that's".

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Yet another piece of evidence that GM has a death wish.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    For a minute there I felt sadness in my gut, but it turns out it was just gas
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Long Live The Cadillac XLR!
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Bitter sweet, certainly not worth the cost, but it was a pretty sweet car and certainly a good looking one too.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    I would have liked to have seen Montana.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: Be careful - some things in the XLR react poorly to bullets.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: Hey, Ryan, be careful what you shoot at in here. Most things in here don't react to well to bullets.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/26/09

    @engineerd: Be careful at what I shoot at?!?!?!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: The hard part about playing chicken is knowin' when to flinch.
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: So dropping the XLR is just a Crazy Ivan on the journey to financial recovery.
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    01/26/09

    @tiberiuswise:
    USS USA: Captain...they can hear us!
    USS TOYOTA: We have nothing in the pipeline anyway!
    USS HONDA: Can we interest you in an Insight? We don't have a replacement for the S2000 yet.
    USS MERC: Can I interest you in an SLR?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: Because Cadillac always goes to starboard in the bottom half of the hour.
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    Image of TurboBrick [LIGIER] TurboBrick [LIGIER]
    01/26/09

    @maximum-sienna: uninspiring utility. Now in pearl white.: Give me one ping, Vasili. One ping only, please.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    01/26/09

    @TurboBrick: pleashe. Get it right.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Man, and it just bought those chrome side vents too.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    Frankly I wondered how it stayed in production for this long.


    I was shocked when it actually entered production. This was as terrible an idea as the Chrysler Firepower concept...


    Though having seen a worked-over blacked-out XLR-V, I can see some of the appeal.


    God though, the Cien would have been so much better <3

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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/26/09

    In reply to Cadillac XLR Is Dead
    The only XLR owner I know is my uncle, a small-town guy who made his fortune in the auto salvage business, with the occasional mud-bogging or dirt track racing tournament on the side. He looks like the type of dude you would have seen front & center at a Skynyrd concert in 1981 (he's from North Florida, too).


    But he retired a few years ago and wanted a Corvette, but didn't want all the kids trying to street race him at every stoplight. Enter XLR. He loves it.

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    Image of goatrope goatrope
    01/26/09

    @Ash78:
    Hey Ash - are you saying that your uncle is a pathetic dumbass?


    The Skynyrd plane crash was in October, 1977; and they didn't reform the band until 1987. So if he was "front & center at a Skynyrd concert in 1981"... AND from north Florida, too... he's got some issues.

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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    01/26/09

    @goatrope: Hahaha...I just picked a random year to paint the picture (thought the plane crash was early 80s). But yes, that would make him a dumbass. Or just really, really patient!
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