How much of our XLR's are Corvette under the top body? Other than the engine and maybe the transmission, everything else is C5/C6 Corvette.
It's made in the same plant, out of fiberglass/composite that's thicker than the Vettes. It sure is more unique than a Corvette. You see Corvettes all over the place. It's a thrill to see an XLR in my area. New, even the base model cost more than the Vette and why? Because of all of the extra goodies that we have.
I have to admit my 88 Vette's sport seats are more comfortable that my XLR's but I have the Z51 Coupe model and this year had the most stiff suspension than any other year before or after due to the Corvette Challenge times. If these seats were not as comfortable as they are I'd have to sell the car, my back and butt would not be able to take the ride.
A lot of us here have both, a Vette and an XLR and some have other cars.They're all good and people like us keep our rides in top notch condition and looking better than the day they were taken off of the transport truck and prepped.
Saturday I'm going to attend a cars and coffee in Keizer Oregon, a sub area of Salem Oregon. I've attended one with our Vette and parked next to me were several model's of Ferrari's and I was really surprised my Bright Red was 90% exactly the same color as the Ferrari next to me. The owner asked me if I had repainted my Vette because he notice how much both cars color were the same.
I'll be more than surprised if there will be another XLR there and sitting off to the side it's going to be interesting to see how many come by and inspect the car.
Go to a Corvette meeting/rally/gathering you see a row of the same model's all or most with their hoods open and you see the same looking engine and everything else. I think that's kind of funny.. Hey look...I have an engine that looks just like the other 20 Vettes here.
I guess I got onto a Soapbox here so I'll now get off of it.
Neither the F*rd nor the XLR have been back to anything sponsored by that club. 
