Over on GM Inside News it has been made known that the 469hp XLR-V will officially be a $100,000 car. No real surprise here though, as the stansard XLR starts at almost 80 large! Note that only twenty-five grand more than the V's 100k pirce tag will get you into a SL55AMG, or that roughly another six large will put you behind the wheel of a M6, and it becomes obvious this car plays in some rarified air. Why do I keep hearing that old Aerosmith song? Whats the name? Oh yeah....." Dream On"

 

What are these GM people thinking? Wrong vehicle at the wrong time. It looks like another marketing disaster to me.

 

the xlr and xlr-v are porbably some of the finest cars gm has put out...i mean, they are the only fine cars gm has ever put out...lol

 

Too much $$$.

 

I like them, and then there's the new STS-V, beauty. Actually, all of the V-series cars are awesome. Cadillac is actually putting out some nice cars again. They're still GMs though.

 

GM put out fine cars??

:scratch:

 

I agree, but still too much $$$. I would rather got with Mecedes.

 

i will take any v-series cadillac

 

If you're already at $100k you might as well spring for a GT. Heck you're 2/3 of the way there!

 

and that last third?

thats what second mortgages are for


(the first mortgage was for that first $100K :P )

 

Hey, put yourself in the shoes of a GM fan for a second. That's more money than the Z06 for less power.

Yeah, read that again...

 

well, I like the XLR, maybe a bit much for the XLR-V, but what do you expect when the XLR starts at $80K?

As few times as I've seen the XLR I don't really understand why a person would buy a similar Mercedes that costs $120-150K when they could have the XLR. It's rarer on the road and better looking in my opinion.

 

Well, looks are very subjective, but I can actually agree that the XLR is very good looking compared to it's competition.

As for the Mercedes price issue, I've sat in neither of those cars. And short of that I simply fail to believe that the Caddy matches the Benz in quality feel (which in that segment I think is believe-it-or-not more important than actual quality). Using that logic of course one could ask, why not buy a Lexus SC430 over the XLR? Personally, I'd rather have the XLR if not for the issue of quality concerns compared to the Lexus.