Posted on 01/16/2013 12:19:58 PM PST by Zakeet
Someone gave the Chevy Volt a tuxedo, and it fits well.
The Cadillac ELR coupe is the luxury automaker’s take on extended range electric vehicle, and its first ever hybrid car.
The dramatic two-door is wider than the Volt and dressed in a slightly toned down version of the sharply creased, broad shouldered bodywork seen on the Cadillac CTS coupe. It rides on turbine-look 20-inch wheels and features vertical head and brake light clusters, the latter with a slight tailfin design.
Like the Volt, the ELR is powered by a combination of an electric drive unit and 1.4-liter internal combustion engine. With a 16.5 Kilowatt-hour battery pack, Cadillac says it can go up to 35 miles on electricity alone before needing the gasoline motor to kick in to generate power for longer trips.
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Pricing has not been announced, but the CUE is expected to command a substantial premium over the $39,995 Volt when it goes on sale in early 2014.
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Personally, we decided to buy several of these beauties after learning that Cadillac is going to put a power assisted cupholder cover in the center console!
GM isn’t losing money fast enough so they took this action to speed up their rush to another bankruptcy.
What was it, a Chevy Cavalier or something, gussied up a bit? I recall a road test that summed it up as feeling like a Honda Accord that did not run very well.
Hell, they make more money off the government than they do off the public
Yea, the Cimmaron is exactly what I thought of when I saw this title.
This actually seems like a bit of the departure from the previous performance image that Caddy seemed to be crafting.
Mind you I already thought they were courting disaster when they canceled the DeVille. This just looks like extra nails in the coffin. It is something of a shame since the CTS is a fine car.
Some people don’t read!
This is Chevy’s version of Toyota’s best-selling Prius.
Its a hybrid car you can drive electric in the city and with gas on the freeway!
I like the looks of it.
Cadillac Cimmaron IIRC. It was a POS to be sure.
I prolly couldn’t even afford that little thang after Obama gets done with me. LOL
Electric cars suck like rotten eggs. Hybrids on the hand remain a viable car market segment.
35 miles on a charge. Not too practical
The electric battery is for town driving. That’s where it makes sense and the speed penalty isn’t a drawback.
You can switch to gas and accelerate to freeway speed out on the open highway.
With a hybrid you get the best of both worlds in a car.
I suspect the new Ford C-Max Energi (plug-in hybrid crossover) will outsell the Volt and Caddy ELR combined.)
Hybrids are the future of cars.
With gas being expensive, people want to get more bang for the buck.
The new Ford C-Maxi Energi should sell quite well - since people want SUVs to take them where they want to go.
I just drove the new Ford Fusion hybrid. Supposed to get 47 MPG highway and city. Pretty nice car really but a bit underpowered.
“Some people don’t read!
This is Chevy’s version of Toyota’s best-selling Prius.
Its a hybrid car you can drive electric in the city and with gas on the freeway!
I like the looks of it.”
Sounds like GM is trying to make a silk purse from a sow’s ear.
This car is a dressed-up Volt, and will perform as badly as the Volt(or worse, since I will assume that it is heavier).
It has a 1.4 liter gas engine, which will give it very un-Cadillac-like performance on the highway, and will cost more than the $40,000 Volt.
If I were in the market for a car like this, I would go for the Prius. As it stands, I will stay with my Jetta Sportwagen TDI.
Was that on the road? On the freeway, the Ford Fusion should handle like a normal car at top speed.
It may be when you drive it around town, its not as smooth as a conventional car because its powered by the battery.
CC
Is that the reason why most hybrid owners replace their cars with a gasoline only one?
Hybrid owners keep their hybrid for around town use - if they want to drive long distance, they’ll also have a conventional car on hand.
So the "fuel" cost for a workday-long charge is about equivalent to buying three gallons of gasoline. And that's not counting the kilowatt-hours that go into the PEV at the other end of the commute, when charging overnight.
So far, I don't see an appealing fuel cost incentive. I'm certain that Obama will provide one, though.
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