Cadillac ATS & ATS-V
 

I've been waiting to see this car for literally years now and here it is. intitially I wasn't too impressed with the exterior design, but after a few days of gawking I like it.

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the highlight for me are the headlights where the stretch to the middle of the wheel on the hood making the most, visually, of the cars length even though it's not bigger than an F30 3er.http://images.thecarconnection.com/l...00377063_l.jpg

the interior looks pretty compact, which for this class is to be expected and believe it or not I'm not too worried about fitting behind the steering wheel. American cars for the most part tend to be fairly roomy until you start getting into Vette's and the now defunct Pontiac Solstice/ Saturn Sky

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An ATS-V, if it ever happens, might kick ass in that segment. :) Even a regular 6MT ATS might be interesting. From what little I know about these, the interior fit and finish is supposed to finally be on par with the rest of the world.

I'm not into Cadillac but I do like the exterior.

does that VVT stand for variable vane turbocharger? or did they bite toyota?

And they would definitely have a spot for it seeing as the ATS is supposed to be Cadi's answer to The C300, 3 Series, and A4. A ATS-V could do battle with the C63 AMG and M3 (Audi stopped building RS4's :( )

hard to say whose biting who these days. There are so many Variable Valve acronyms spread out amongst the Manufacturers.

Valvetronic, VVT, VVT-i, VVT-iE, VVEL, VTEC... and on and on. As a matter of fact something like five manufacturers use the acronym VVT: GM, Toyota, Sazuki, Volkswagen, (Vauxhall doesn't count because they're GM, and Renault doesn't count because Toyota does their VVT for them), Volve uses CVVT. And so on :thumbsup:

Kinda disappointed with the end result aesthetics wise.

If it's as nice and fun as they say, and it comes in under $40k by a decent amount, I'll shop this right along side the BRZ. Test drives are going to be fun this year.

Is this the new Cimarron?

http://ned.ronet.ru/0/1982%20Cadillac%20Cimarron.jpg

(re-badged Cavalier, one of GM's darker/dumber moments...)

Seems more like a new American Skyline to me.

I like it. Supposedly it handles better than the 3 series, with more steering feedback. Hope they're right...

Cadillac ATS commercial?????
 

Guys i was watching the cadillac ats commercial and fell in love with that road, anybody have any idea where i could find a road like that in the good old US of A? I feel like loading my car intro my trailer and hitting a few mountain roads on my next vacation.

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ATS is said to be a good car. I saw it in Detroit, and I thought it looked just like a CTS (which is also a good car, but just not my style). However now that I see it on the road, I can see that it is actually a bit tighter than a CTS. Too bad its a four door. Nice car though. I'll have to check it out one day.

I'm pretty sure those roads are not in the USA, so you might be trailering your FR-S a long way. Look for a nice mountainpass. I've hear good things about the Blue Ridge parkway

http://www.nps.gov/blri/index.htm

Personally I've rolled the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) in California and it absolutely blows my mind.

Tail of the Dragon, North Carolina. 318 curves in 11 miles.
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How are the cops around there?

Palomar Mtn in San Diego has some nice twisty roads. Also Lewiston in Idaho has their famous twisty road.

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Don't know, never been there personally. But tons of people go there to drive that road. I would think they just let most of it go.

I heard since they dropped the speed limit from 55 to 35 there have been a lot more cops in the Tennessee half.

Cadillac ATS-V
 

Sexy car. Might have to start saving up some pennies and pick one up in a year or two.

Supervisor at one of my plants got his coupe yesterday.
The first coupe delivered in Canada. I called bullshit when he said that and he showed me the import shipping doc and sure enough number 00001!
It is a spectacular car and worth every penny from what I could tell on my very brief drive.

If I was going to spend a ton of money for a performance luxury GT the ATS-V would be my choice over the Lexus RC-F and the BMW M series or anything else I can think of for that matter. It is also lighter than both the aforementioned cars. The ATS-VR GT3 is pretty bada$$ too!

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