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Originally Posted by blah
how many of you have been in an SL or an XLR? Even RC will tell you that its not about the performance in this market. Its about what you get with your car. Personally i like the styling of the XLR they are nice sexy lines, especially in black with xenon headlights, but the interior and the over all package is lacking compared to an SL.
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I kind of disagree with you.
Anyone that buys a 2 door with 440hp does have performance in mind.
Granted that the interrior may be nicer than the C6, but there are extremely similar styling ques both inside and out with both cars.
It must have been cheaper to supercharge a smaller V8 than try to tune up the current LS2. Usually if they had just wanted this car with 400 hp they would have just thrown in that same LS2 engine from the C6 with the Caddilac logo on it.
Who knows, maybe it'll halp some people justify the price. Saying that they own a $50,000 Caddilac, rather than a $50,000 Chevy. Even though, besides a few luxury features, they'll be very similar in both performance and reliability.
Even though, in my experience, a Supercharged engine can have a lot more go wrong with ity than a NA engine left stock.