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Vehicle 2002 Volkswagen Cabrio GL 4AT 2008 Cadillac XLR-V Convertible
12v power outlet: front Yes No
150-Amp Alternator No Yes
1984 cc 2 liters in-line 4 front engine with 82.5 mm bore, 92.8 mm stroke, 10 compression ratio, overhead cam and two valves per cylinder Yes No
2 Cupholders Total No Yes
2 Front Power Outlets, 1 Integrated With Cigarette Lighter No Yes
2-Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Exterior Mirrors, HVAC, Radio, Seat and Steering Wheel No Yes
2-Position Memory Steering Column No Yes
3-Function Universal Garage Door Opener No Yes
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side with pre-tensioners Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes No Yes
52 liter 13.7 gallon main unleaded fuel tank Yes No
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Adaptive, Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive No Yes
Adaptive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Adaptive Low Beam and High Beam High Intensity Discharge Headlights No Yes
Adaptive Variable Suspension No Yes
Air conditioning Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 19-In. X 8.5-In. No Yes
All-Speed Traction Control No Yes
AM/FM Radio With Bose(R) Sound System and 9 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; XM(R) Satellite Radio No Yes
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 72 or distance (miles): unlimited, distance (km): unlimited Yes No
Audio anti-theft protection: code Yes No
Automatic Climate Control No Yes
Automatic drive indicator on dashboard Yes No
Automatic four-speed transmission with lock-up, electronic control and shift lever on floor Yes No
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On and Dusk Sensor No Yes
Automatic Tilt Away Steering Column No Yes
Auto Release Parking Brake No Yes
Battery No Yes
Battery Gauge No Yes
Battery Saver No Yes
Body color front and rear bumpers Yes No
Body side molding Yes No
Bucket driver and passenger seat with height adjustment and - adjustments Yes No
Card Key No Yes
Cargo area light Yes No
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 227 and all seats in place (cu ft): 8 Yes No
Cargo Net No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area No Yes
Cigarette Lighter With Ashtray No Yes
Clock Yes No
Cloth seat upholstery with additional cloth Yes No
Coefficient of drag: 0.37 Yes No
Coinholder No Yes
Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights Yes No
Courtesy lights Yes No
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor No Yes
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal No Yes
Cruise Control No Yes
Day time running lights Yes No
Daytime Running Lights No Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light No Yes
Delayed Power Retention No Yes
Digital Clock No Yes
Door ajar warning Yes No
Door edge hazard lights Yes No
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat Yes No
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Driver and passenger front airbag with occupant sensors Yes No
Driver and passenger internally adjustable heated partial-painted door mirrors Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Dual Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors With Driver Side Electrochromic, 2-Position Memory and Passenger Side Automatic Tilt-Down No Yes
Eight speakers Yes No
Electric remote trunk/hatch release Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror No Yes
Emission control level FED Yes No
Engine Compartment Light No Yes
Engine Start Button No Yes
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4074, overall length (inches): 160.4, overall width (mm): 1694, overall width (inches): 66.7, overall height (mm): 1422, overall height (inches): 56, wheelbase (mm): 2474, wheelbase (inches): 97.4, front track (mm): 1463, front track (inches): 57.6, rear track (mm): 1427, rear track (inches): 56.2, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 10607 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 34.8 Yes No
Fixed delivery charges: 550 Yes No
Fixed hoop convertible rollover protection Yes No
Fixed mast antenna Yes No
Floor covering: carpet in load area Yes No
Floor mats Yes No
Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs Yes No
Four-wheel ABS Yes No
Front 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Front Air Dam No Yes
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers No Yes
Front and rear steel wheels with 14 inch rim diam, 6 inch rim width and full wheel covers Yes No
Front and rear tires with 195 mm tire width, 60% tire profile and H tire rating Yes No
Front Carpeted Floor Mats No Yes
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage No Yes
Front Dual Heated Cooled Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height, 2-Position Driver Memory and Integral Headrests No Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support No Yes
Front Dual Pretensioners No Yes
Front Dual Sunvisors No Yes
Front Foglights No Yes
Front Map Lights No Yes
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total No Yes
Front Power Disc and Rear Power Disc Brakes No Yes
Front SBRP235/45WR19 BSW and Rear SBRP255/40R19 BSW Extended Mobility Tires No Yes
Front seat back storage Yes No
Front seats cup holders , rear seats cup holders Yes No
Front side airbag Yes No
Front Side Airbags With Head Protection No Yes
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front-wheel drive Yes No
Fuel economy EPA highway (l/100km): 8.1, EPA highway (mpg): 29, EPA city (l/100km): 10.2 and EPA city (mpg): 23 Yes No
Full car warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Full dashboard console with open storage box , full floor console with covered storage box Yes No
Glass Rear Window On Convertible No Yes
GPS and DVD Navigation Aid With 6.5-In. Color Touch Screen No Yes
Headlight Washers No Yes
Heated Steering Wheel No Yes
Heated washer Yes No
Height adjustable 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners Yes No
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror Yes No
Illuminated Entry Located On Front Stepwell No Yes
Illuminated entry system Yes No
Immobilizer Yes No
Independent Front Suspension With Springs, Shock Absorbers and Performance Ride Type No Yes
Independent Rear Suspension With Springs, Shock Absorbers and Performance Ride Type No Yes
In-Glass Radio Antenna No Yes
Instrumentation Displayed On Windshield No Yes
Interior Pollen Air Filter No Yes
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 983, front headroom (inches): 38.7, rear headroom (mm): 930, rear headroom (inches): 36.6, front leg room (mm): 1074, front leg room (inches): 42.3, rear leg room (mm): 790, rear leg room (inches): 31.1, front shoulder room (mm): 1374, front shoulder room (inches): 54.1, rear shoulder room (mm): 1181, rear shoulder room (inches): 46.5, interior volume (liters): 2322 and interior volume (cu ft): 82 Yes No
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob No Yes
Leather covered steering wheel with tilt adjustment Yes No
Leather Seats No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel No Yes
Load restraint net Yes No
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox No Yes
Lockable glove compartment Yes No
Low fuel level warning Yes No
Low washer fluid level warning Yes No
Luxury trim leather on gearknob Yes No
Magnasteer(R) Power Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission No Yes
Manual softtop convertible roof with glass rear window Yes No
Manufacturer's own audio system with AM/FM radio and cassette Yes No
Metallic paint , black paint , gloss paint , pearl paint Yes No
Metallic Paint (If Selected) No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Trunk and Anti-Theft No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system Yes No
Oil Pressure Gauge No Yes
OnStar(R) Personal Calling Hands-Free Telephone No Yes
OnStar(R) Stolen Vehicle Tracking No Yes
OnStar(R) Telematics System With 12 Months Directions and Connections Plan Includes Navigation, Automatic Collision Notification, Concierge Services, Emergency Response, Personal Calling, Remote Unlocking, Roadside Assistance, Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking and Vehicle Diagnostics No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor No Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment No Yes
Peripheral anti-theft protection Yes No
Power: 85 kW , 115 HP SAE @ 5200 rpm; 122 ft lb , 165 Nm @ 2600 rpm Yes No
Power Decklid Locks/Unlocks Via Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Power Hard Convertible Top No Yes
Power steering Yes No
Power Telescopic Steering Column No Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column No Yes
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 60 or distance (miles): 60000, distance (km): 96561 Yes No
Power Trunk Lid No Yes
Power Windows With Driver and Passenger One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Pre-Programmed Equalizer No Yes
Programmable Power Door Locks No Yes
Radio Data System No Yes
Rain Sense(R) Rain Sensing Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Alarm, Audio-Visual Sensors and Ultrasonic Sensors No Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear view mirror Yes No
Rear Window Defroster No Yes
Rear window with defogger Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release No Yes
Remote power locks includes trunk/hatch Yes No
Remote Trunk Release No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 48 or distance (miles): 50000, distance (km): 80467 Yes No
Run Flat Tires No Yes
Seating: four seats Yes No
Selective Locking/Unlocking No Yes
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams No Yes
Solar-Ray(R) Tinted Glass No Yes
Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel Yes No
StabiliTrak(R) Vehicle Stability Control System No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Cruise Control No Yes
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , torsion beam rear suspension semi-independent with coil springs Yes No
Supercharged 4.4-Liter, Northstar, 90-Degree V8, 32-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front/Longitudinal Mounted With Horsepower Of 443@6400, Torque Of 414@3900 No Yes
Supercharger No Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Telephone Antenna No Yes
Theftlock(R) Radio Anti-Theft No Yes
Tinted glass on cabin Yes No
Tire Pressure Monitor No Yes
Trim level: GL Yes No
Trunk Anti-Trap Device No Yes
Trunk Light No Yes
Two-door convertible body style Yes No
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats , two head restraints on rear seats Yes No
Two one-piece bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments Yes No
Unleaded fuel Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Lockout No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting and micro filter Yes No
Voice Activated Controls For Navigation System and Audio No Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Phone No Yes
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1307 and curb weight (lbs) 2881 Yes No
Windshield wipers with fixed intermittent wipe Yes No






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