All 2004-2009 Cadillac XLR & XLR-V Colors, Codes & Quantities: How Rare is Your XLR?

Updated September 2018 with RPO totals for each model for each year. Buying an XLR or XLR-V? Selling an XLR or XLR-V? Own an XLR or XLR-V? This book is for you. The hand-built Cadillac XLR and high performance XLR-V were extremely low production two-seat convertibles built at the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Corvette factory. This well-researched reference book tells you the GM paint code and RPO order code of every color of Reatta ever made, how many were built in that color, and the interior and exterior color combinations for all six years of production. Big enough to put in the back pocket of your jeans when you go look at the XLR of your dreams, many of the facts in this book are compiled from primary source GM documents - stop searching the internet hoping to find accurate XLR information! Includes easy-to-read tables and charts and provides instruction on how to locate and decode your Service Parts Identification label. Also contains discussion and facts that might surprise you: There were 102 units of the 2004 Neiman Marcus Ultra Violet Limited Edition XLR but the numbered sill plates indicate 101. Why? Sources indicate 228 units of Light Platinum XLRs built in 2007 and 187 units in 2008. Why are those totals incorrect? If you removed the engine appearance cover on your 2008 XLR-V, whose name would you find? What XLR and XLR-V paint colors were not shared with Corvette? Yearly totals for 2007-09 Mary Kay Pink Pearl XLRs are known but are not derived from a paint RPO. How are they derived? Be sure to check out other automotive fact books by Robert Casey: Corvette Colors (a five book series), Buick Reatta, Cadillac Allanté, Fiero, 1982-1992 Firebird, and the upcoming SSR and Holden GTO.