Performance 2013 Cadillac ATS Reviews
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| Performance 2013 Cadillac ATS |
- Overall 8.8 of 10
- Interior 8.0 of 10
- Performance 9.0 of 10
- Quality 8.0 of 10
- Safety 9.0 of 10
- Features 10.0 of 10
- Fuel Engine 7.0 of 10
ATS boiling performance story to one question: whether the road-gripping, tach-ripping trump card for the BMW 3-Series, a car that almost every luxury brand a reference call?
After a long day of driving after driving a 335i ATS full tilt, we can report two things with utter conviction. One? You will never convince that every Bimmerphile Cadillac will never come anywhere close to a near-mystical handling them. That may well be the roundel badge windmills Quixote-proof.
Two? CTS ATS takes all things to do well in the second generation, and corroborate them with lighter curb weight and better suspension design. This is the best balanced, most controllable, most tossable Cadillac, ever - unless you've had the privilege to throw into the shredder Cimarron.
2013 Cadillac ATS is also the most fully realized once launched, in terms of drivetrain configurations and permutations handling. There is a flavor for every driver fender to warm to cool bladed and digital interfaces. However, it is highly weighted towards fans. The core of the lineup is thrusty turbo four-cylinder coupled to rear-or all-wheel drive, manual or automatic six-speed transmission, the base or Fe3 suspension tuning and magnetic shocks. It is bracketed by, vocal muscles working with six-cylinder automatic and rear drive or all-wheel, and a rear-drive, four-cylinder edition, with only automatic appeal more obvious to those who aim to hire the most friendly deal, and not more.
Basis that the 2.5-liter four puts out 202 horsepower and 191 pound-feet of torque. It runs on regular fuel, gear changes with GM Hydramatic six-speed automatic with tap control, and rear-wheel drive only. Cadillac estimates it will be at 0-60 mph run in 7.5 seconds, and provide EPA-estimated gas mileage of 22 mpg city and 32 mpg highway. Objectively it does not slow or undesirable, but from so many perspectives - 17-inch wheels, leatherette interior, automatic only - it was clearly a vehicle that gives ATS a lower base price and better fuel economy option.
A substantial piece of the universe cars assembled in 2.0-liter turbo four for performance, and ATS tap the setup for its primary victims. Here's good for 272 hp and 260 lb energetic-ft of torque. It is the only ATS offers a choice of six-speed automatic with tap-shift manual control or a real manual six-speed transmission, and rear-or all-wheel drive. Fourth turbo optimized for premium unleaded, but engineers say it will deliver more than 250 horsepower when used regularly. It is a mature-sounding powerplant, with a mellow tenor growl that the benefits of active noise-cancellation hardware GM (it counters some noise machine with the opposite wave, canceling it to the human ear). There is virtually no turbo whistle - it was set up as a matter of taste America - and four turbo plus light-shift six-speed Tremec enough manual gives a rush from 0-60 mph is estimated by GM at 5.7 seconds. Incidentally, the BMW 328i are estimated at the same time. It is also estimated 22/32 mpg with the automatic.
The four-cylinder turbo-click with the mission of ATS 'and the moment in history. But if the idea of Cadillac without a V-8 - or even without the V-6 - just too slippery slope to slide down at once, there are versions of GM's 3.6-liter V-6 on the order sheet. It is considered more powerful here than anywhere in the GM lineup at 321 hp, it's quite vocal, as we've found in recent applications, such as in the GMC Terrain Denali, and rarely lack for a mid-range or power through, quickly GM-shift six-speed automatic gearbox only paired with it. This is a more substantial powerplant that sounds, but because it adds a hundred pounds or more, times the acceleration down to only about 5.4 seconds predicted, while the gas mileage dropped to 19/28 mpg. Our first verdict? Combination Drive turbo four / manual / rear wheel is the one that you will see in endless head-to-head comparison test, V-6s and automatic and all-wheel drive gives ATS a broad appeal without distorting the character that leans too far out of shape.
With plenty of time and attention given to the steering and suspension design, ATS outclasses all but BMW in its class for dynamic fluence, and creating fog around BMW-doubt status of the numbers. There is a pervasive sense of tranquility throughout the lineup ATS, no matter how it is configured, it is obviously only a mile or two behind the wheel. A ZF power steering system gets some praise, motor resting on the steering rack, not to the steering column, for better precision. There is a sport mode that add weight, but does not change the steering ratio - it's just a matter of taste, engineers say, and we say it's okay with the effort of "normal," lighter. If there is, the ratio of single to make things right to form off-center, and only a shadow ATS small steering changes without avoiding or twitching.
Steering acting in concert with sophisticated multi-link suspension for handling and straight-forward shades that highlight the stability of the ATS. In front, MacPherson strut flanked by some of the links that make virtual axis for better response, while the short link has little tendency to flex in the corner. For years, Audi crowing about the same design on the front-drive A4; ATS do it in front and in back, where he had a five-link setup, with dual control arms on each side and toe-control link for lateral better stability. Much faster than a Class C or A4, ATS still tring or tramline on poor road surfaces such as the G37. At ATS sedan with Premium package and sport suspension Fe3, struts dampers are swapped out for a magnetically-charged fluids that change the dynamic resistance, for the same Magnetic Ride Control (MRC) found in the Corvette. MRC did not flatten out the transient response and the patter of the road a bit, but the basic setup ATS 'does not produce excessive body roll or violence rose to begin with, even with the upgraded 18-inch run-flat wheel-and-tire package. "Performance" The ATS 'Package does not include MRC: take either a detail revealed, or just a Freudian slip.
There was a smell of potential future ATS as a sensation of a weekend trip - or perhaps, as a new member of the family of V-Series. MRC Systems is one of the evidence, there is also a mechanical limited-slip differential is fitted with a manual transmission and Fe3-tuned by ATS. There are also package Brembo brake calipers are offered in the base car and standard on other models, can upgrade to a higher-layer performance. Seventeen-inch to 40-series tires standard, 18-inchers with 35-series tires available, and Fe3 cars get wider tires-18-inch footprint. There seems to be plenty of room for more - say, at 470 horsepower-ATS-V?
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