Preview: 2004 Cadillac XLR

[NFS4]

http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5198

 

[Nemesis77]

?Cadillac is battling back,? LaNeve proclaimed, but company officials admit the automaker has a long way to go before it can rightly regain its long-time position as the standard of the world.

Standard of the world? Yeah, right

. And is it just me, but does that interior look.... well, crappy?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

?Cadillac is battling back,? LaNeve proclaimed, but company officials admit the automaker has a long way to go before it can rightly regain its long-time position as the standard of the world.

Standard of the world? Yeah, right

. And is it just me, but does that interior look.... well, crappy?

i like it, though the shifter seems to be in the way of the screen at the bottom. Is that the radio?

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: Nemesis77

?Cadillac is battling back,? LaNeve proclaimed, but company officials admit the automaker has a long way to go before it can rightly regain its long-time position as the standard of the world.

Standard of the world? Yeah, right

. And is it just me, but does that interior look.... well, crappy?

i like it, though the shifter seems to be in the way of the screen at the bottom. Is that the radio?

It looks cheap. the buttons looks plastique, the air-vents and their surroundings look like they are from a cheap Toyota.

 

[Shantanu]

It looks cheap. the buttons looks plastique, the air-vents and their surroundings look like they are from a cheap Toyota.

Yeah, OK

Car&Driver reviewed the car this month and said there was no plastic on the interior (except for radio buttons and such), and that everything on the inside was genuine "aluminum, cow, or eucalyptus". The gauges were designed by Bvlgari.

The Nieman Marcus edition of the XLR has some wierd colors, but the production interior is dark and sweet.

You want to see a plasticky $90,000 interior, then check this thing out..

 

[CraigRT]

It looks alright, but I think Cadillac should stick to cars like the DeVille and STS.. this should be left for Chevy and Pontiac. IMHO.

 

[Nemesis77]

Originally posted by: Shantanu

It looks cheap. the buttons looks plastique, the air-vents and their surroundings look like they are from a cheap Toyota.

Yeah, OK

Car&Driver reviewed the car this month and said there was no plastic on the interior (except for radio buttons and such), and that everything on the inside was genuine "aluminum, cow, or eucalyptus". The gauges were designed by Bvlgari.

If it's all aluminium, then more power to them. And I'm sure it looks better in person. But in that one pic it looks cheap.

The Nieman Marcus edition of the XLR has some wierd colors, but the production interior is dark and sweet.

Now those pics look better IMO! In the earlier pic, the aluminium looked like silver-colored plastic.

 

[ElFenix]

looks like a prelude from the side.

as for long time leader, i guess if you count the 20s through the 50s, yeah, sure.

 

[ThePresence]

I want one.

 

[Beau]

Looks like a benz SL series convertible from the side, just a different nose. But damn! A northstar V-12 :Q

 

[Ryan]

I think it looks great I like how it has a push-button starter the most

 

[B00ne]

looks pretty damn good for a Caddie although it's clearly visible where they get their design inspirations - but it doesnt look very american, well, maybe the nose. The folding mchanism for the hardtop works a bit inelegant upper right look at the trunk

 

[loup garou]

I like it. A lot!

 

[prontospyder]

Looks pretty nice. But I'll still prefer a Mercedes Benz SL over it.