Presented there is 10 months in Detroit , ELR coupe arrives at U.S. retailers where this new electric Cadillac is attracting "green" customers, easier than the more common Chevrolet Volt which it borrows technical basis.
The ELR takes much of the technology and mechanics of the Chevrolet . We thus find the 1.4 L L4 engine high gasoline 86 hp which acts as a generator for the electric motor . But unlike the Volt , power is more important since the ELR develops 207 hp , 400 Nm , while the Volt is limited to 151 hp and 370 Nm Cadillac announced a total range of 480 km with the Range Extender and 58 km in all-electric mode.
However, this Cadillac ELR is pay dearly technology and its logo! We are so far from the price anticipated at the beginning of the year. At the time, a rate of about $ 60,000 to 62,000 and was considered in October 2013 , we find that the price of this car is $ 75,995 (without the deduction of federal aid ) which is very expensive especially when faced with the competition including the dreaded Tesla Model S billed $ 81,000 with engine 85 kWh.
Still ambitions are measured as the Cadillac luxury brand GM is considering a production of about 2,000 to 4,000 copies only. Deliveries will begin in January 2014, and only in the U.S. if we are to believe the words of David Cadwell , spokesman for Cadillac .
Source: Cadillac .