If you liked the Chevy Volt but demand fewer doors and more swank, then the car for you could be something like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cadillac ELR hybrid. That is if its price doesn’t prove too shocking. Speaking of shocks, I was truly taken aback at the response to last Friday’s .
I thought it presented well and offered a reasonably unique bit of automotive history. The general consensus in the comments, however, was a resounding “meh.” That was only exacerbated by the seller’s $10,950 asking price, with the end result being a 68 percent No Dice loss.
With just 3,000 sold over the course of its non-contiguous two-year model run, today’s could easily take the laurel for being the by its classmates. Seriously, though, have you ever seen an ELR outside of a car show or on the Interwebs? I’ll bet many of you have likely purged your memory of this car’s existence, and it’s only ten years old. That’s because it was a car that missed the market.
Based on the Delta II platform and Voltec drivetrain of the Chevy Volt, the electric ELR brought a two-door coupe body style to the party at a time when few car buyers were showing much interest in two-door coupes. Perhaps another reason for the model’s failure is a historical jinx. The last time a Cadillac shared a platform with a small Chevy model, the Cimarron was the result.
That car became little more than a punchline. But look at this Crystal Red Tintcoat over baseball glove leather hybrid. It’s prett.