Report: Cadillac XLR to end production this spring

Posted: Jan 26, 2009
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Word on the street is that General Motors has plans to end production of the Cadillac XLR. The Cadillac supercar which is made at the company’s Bowling Green Assembly Plant will end production this spring, a move that will impact 40 employees which are responsible for the production of the XLR.

Plant manager Paul Graham said that the plant was recently notified of production cut and said the GM has not yet decided when the workers will be laid off.

“No one”s really happy about,” Graham told Bowling Green Daily News. ”Everyone in the plant wants to do what we can to build great vehicles. No one”s feeling good about it.”

GM sold 1,250 units of the Cadillac XLR in 2008, down 28 percent from 2007.

Source: Bowling Green Daily News


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  • zermatt

    No surprise here.

    This is a car that I have only seen 4 or 5 times in the wild and I live in metropolitan Chicago.

    I guess that 75 year old guys are not all that interested in sporty Cadillacs.

    My father, a 75 year old guy, has been a Cadillac man for decades and he has shown no interest in this car. He likes his Cadillacs big and bouncy.

  • Ivan Gutierrez

    Yeah not surprised either but after seeing the kind of changes that the CTS went through it would have been interesting to see what they could do with this. Maybe when the C7 launches, if it ever does, GM might take another shot at this, but I aint holding my breath.

  • tarf

    I wouldn't go so far calling it a supercar. It just doesn't have the look.

  • Kabluey

    lol This posting was as big a waste of time and energy just like this model was..

    lmao.. I mean really the XLR was stupid, the performance wasn't as good as the Corvette–which should have had this car's interior as standard and this car should be in comparison to SL, not for an SL owner to take the trash out in it….

    Oh and while you're at it GM call Lexus and take that bloated SC 43 year old mid-life crisis with the XLR down the highway to hell… lolol.. oh I love blogging..

  • http://www.ufc.com Choos Lundy

    Yeah this was a shitty car design – I mean it looked good and all, but dropping 80 g's for a corvette wanna be… why when I can get a CORVETTE for 60!!! Even though I'd be more like Cruze for $15!

  • tilly

    If you had a job instead of blogging you might could afford one.

    I have one. Hope they do quit making them. Barrett Jackson here I come.

    Classy is the word I most hear from admirers.

  • Scotty

    Mercedes looks can't hold a candle to the look of this Cadillac. And Corvette's style has been lost in the past few years. the XLR looked a lot better than the plastic corvette. Corvette needs to restyle. by the way my Dad sold his corvette to buy a XLR. He's 75 and loves it. I would guess that the people that talked bad about this car, just can't afford it or their daddies can't afford it for them. BURN Rubber POP! And you better get out of the way! I have never blogged before…..but may have to again.

  • Scotty

    Mercedes looks can't hold a candle to the look of this Cadillac. And Corvette's style has been lost in the past few years. the XLR looked a lot better than the plastic corvette. Corvette needs to restyle. by the way my Dad sold his corvette to buy a XLR. He's 75 and loves it. I would guess that the people that talked bad about this car, just can't afford it or their daddies can't afford it for them. BURN Rubber POP! And you better get out of the way! I have never blogged before…..but may have to again.