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Cadillac XLR Kicks It

  Yet another entry from Cadillac to show the world it’s serious about competing with the top European and Japanese luxury brands. The XLR is a flashy car, what Cadillac wants to build up. Though it shares the same platform as the current Corvette, the XLR variant is not a simple case of corporate badge engineering. This caddy has more in common with the luxury boat cruisers than sporty little roadsters. The Caddy’s responses are softer and comfortably refined. The XLR also uses a tamer 4/6-liter, 320-horsepower V8 engine rather than the Vette’s edgier 6/2-liter, 436-hp V8 engine. The XLR makes good use of lightweight parts, such as aluminum suspension pieces, that keeps the XLR’s weight pretty reasonable. Furthermore, the defacto Magnetic Ride Control adaptive suspension system automatically adjusts ride smoothness, based … Read entire article »

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