C7 Corvette won’t spawn second-generation Cadillac XLR

General Motors apparently learned its lesson from the ill-fated Cadillac XLR. The Detroit-based automaker says it has not plans to offer the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette as anything other than a Corvette.

Cadillac introduced the Corvette-based XLR in 2003 as a rival for Mercedes-Benz SL, but the C5-based luxury car never gained much traction. The XLR was widely criticized for its cheap interior and sky-high sticker price, which ranged from about $75,000 for base model to more than $100,000 for the top-of-the-line V performance version. The XLR was put out to pasture in 2009 following several years of stale sales.

Cadillac recently unveiled a new high-end two-door in the form of the Elmiraj concept, but don’t expect that vehicle to borrow the Corvette’s underpinnings if given the green light.

“This is a Corvette, it’s optimized for the Corvette market,” Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Jeuchter told Fox News. “There’s no intent to offer any other nameplate, aside from the Corvette.”

Although we’re all for a wider selection of sporty cars, the XLR proved that it’s probably in GM’s best interest to keep the Corvette as a bespoke Chevrolet product.

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