If you've got $75,995 (or so) burning a hole in your pocket and a hankering for the new Cadillac ELR, you'd better call your local dealer before you burn up shoe leather and gasoline to head down there. According to a report on Edmunds, only about 56 percent of the brand's 940 dealers have signed up to carry the premium plug-in hybrid.

As much as we'd like to see the more affluent among us driving on electricity, we can certainly understand the dealers' apparent lack of enthusiasm. The article cites costs of up to $15,000 for tools and training to sell the ELR. Show floor real estate is another consideration for dealers who aren't enthusiastic about sacrificing space for a for a vehicle with initial sales – just 46 units nationwide in the first two months, but that volume is expected to increase – that are as mediocre as our first drive impressions.

Still, for those locations that co-habitate with Chevrolet dealers who already participate in the Volt program, the extra expenditure shouldn't be too onerous. The two vehicles share the same basic electro-mechanical drivetrain, so those dealerships should have most of the needed infrastructure already in place. The bulk of ELR sales, according to Cadillac's global marketing director Jim Vurpillat, are expected to be in along the coasts, in places like California, Miami and New York.

The Cadillac ELR may look glamorous in its first commercial, but that doesn’t mean dealers are queuing up for it. On the contrary, nearly half of Cadillac dealers in the United States have decided not to sell the 2014 ELR, the brand’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle.

According to a report from Edmunds, about 410 of Cadillac’s 940 U.S. dealers will not sell the ELR. Dealers located in areas of the country where Cadillac sales volume is small or the likelihood of selling the new plug-in hybrid coupe is remote, will not sell the ELR.

“We have a pretty good representation in rural markets because we are dialed up with other General Motors brands,” said Jim Vurpillat, Cadillac’s global marketing director. “It is a great service advantage. But those dealers might look at ELR and say, ‘Ok, if I sell one of these, I got to have service charging stations, special training, a sales area. I have to buy special tools,’” he added.

Considering that the cost for tools, training and other items can be as high as $15,000, dealers’ reluctance to embrace the Cadillac ELR is understandable. “If they don’t think they will sell more than one or two units a year, they would do the numbers, and it is probably not worth it,” Vurpillat explained.

He added that most of the sales will come from areas like California, Dallas, Miami and New York. Cadillac only sold 6 ELRs in December and about 40 in January. That’s because the ELR is priced at a steep $75,995, including $995 for shipping. However, buyers may be eligible for a tax credit of up to $7,500 depending on individual tax liability.

Eight Months ago, Matt got a Chevy Volt as a daily driver, and won't shut up about how awesome it is. The problem is, it's rather dull looking, so no one understands how awesome it is unless they drive it. To fix that, GM gave Cadillac it's own Volt, called the ELR. It looks like the future, but is it any good to drive? We drive them back to back to find out.