The XLR is Cadillac’s high-performance luxury two-seat roadster that receives more dramatic exterior styling and interior updates for 2009. In 1999 Cadillac debuted an all-new luxury roadster concept at the North American International Auto Show called the Evoq and two years later GM announced that the Cadillac XLR would be produced. The XLR is built on an all-new platform designed specifically for convertibles and when it debuted featured the first use of GM's high-output 4.6-liter Northstar V8 in a rear-wheel-drive configuration. The XLR is produced in Bowling Green, KY, home of Chevrolet's Corvette.