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Cadillac Tunes ATS for Refined Performance Sound

DETROIT – The all-new 2013 Cadillac ATS is being exhaustively developed to achieve excellent driving dynamics – and that performance focus extends to the sounds it makes. While designers define how a car looks and engineers develop how it feels, other experts carefully craft how a luxury performance car should sound. Kyle Stanforth, noise and vibration engineer on the [...]

Power-Dense Engines Drive the Cadillac ATS

Standard 2.5L with est. 202 hp (151 kW) Available 2.0L turbo with est. 270 hp (201 kW) Available award-winning 3.6L V-6 with est. 320 hp (238 kW) DETROIT – A trio of power-dense engines, including two new four-cylinders and Cadillac’s renowned 3.6L V-6, gives the all-new 2013 ATS a strong balance of performance and efficiency. All three [...]

ATS Delivers New Levels of Control and Refinement

Driving experience tuned for quick, nimble performance on the road or track DETROIT – The 2013 Cadillac ATS delivers a driving experience that advances the brand’s performance legacy with a balance of racetrack-honed control and uncompromising refinement. That experience is supported by new chassis and suspension systems, excellent power-to-weight ratios across ATS’s power-dense powertrain lineup and a robust [...]

Cadillac ATS Sheds Weight, Gains Agility and Efficiency

Thinking light helped engineers make the ATS lighter than European competitors DETROIT – From the very outset of development, engineers focused on making the Cadillac ATS one of the lightest cars in the compact luxury segment. Its curb weight of less than 3,400 pounds (1,542 kg) is a key contributor to a world-class driving experience and helps [...]

2013 Cadillac ATS Challenges the Status Quo

All-new, lightweight, rear-wheel-drive architecture with one of the lowest curb weights in the segment – less than 3,400 pounds (1,542 kg) Broad lineup of engines, including two four-cylinders and a V-6 for North America, capitalizes on lightweight structure for performance with efficiency Cadillac CUE, a comprehensive, in-vehicle experience that merges intuitive design with auto industry-first [...]

Cadillac Enhances 2012 Escalade Security Features

Luxury SUV no longer a pushover for push-away or towing thieves DETROIT – Just underneath the surface of the 2012 Cadillac Escalade are new security enhancements developed to combat thieves who have pushed and towed the segment-leading luxury SUV to the top of annual most-stolen vehicle lists. The Escalade is already well-protected against typical drive-away grand [...]

The 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado

In all of motordom, there is no more enviable seat, than viewing the world from behind the wheel of a Cadillac… ”The Standard of the World”… preeminent in luxury, indomitable in performance, and formidable in character… the Cadillac Motor Car shares with no other! From the solid sound of the door closing, to the gentle [...]

New Touring Package Models Enrich Cadillac CTS Lineup

Performance elements from V-series offered for standard models from $2,065 DETROIT – Cadillac is offering some of the performance elements of its V-Series product line on standard 2012 CTS models through the new Touring Package Sedan, Coupe and Wagon starting at $2,065. The new CTS Touring Packages include such luxury features as Recaro seats, microfiber suede inserts on the seats and [...]

Cadillac ATS Travels to Nürburgring’s North Loop

In Chapter 3, Nordschleife serves as test bed to development team DETROIT – The Cadillac ATS engineering team traveled to the world famous Nürburgring in Germany to give the cars an opportunity to perform in a strenuous, yet predictable environment. There, on the Nordschleife, or “North Loop,” the next chapter in the Cadillac ATS video series continues. At [...]

New 2.0L Turbo Engine Boosts the Cadillac ATS

135 horsepower per liter among top-performing engines in the world Compact ATS debuts at North American International Auto Show in Detroit DETROIT – A new high-performance 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder engine will debut in the all-new 2013 Cadillac ATS compact luxury sedan, which will be revealed at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in January. The Cadillac-tuned, [...]