2016 Cadillac ELR: A Wave of Sportiness Washes Over Caddy's Pretty Plug-In - Car and Driver (blog)

Surprisingly, Cadillac has unearthed a magical software update that’s inflated the ELR’s output substantially. Total system horsepower from the ELR’s pair of electric motors and gasoline four-cylinder engine rises from 217 to 233, while peak torque swells from 295 lb-ft to 373. Cadillac claims this—in conjunction with a reprogrammed sport mode—drops the... Other improvements focus on the ELR’s suspension, with a revised front strut setup (the ELR utilizes GM’s torque-steer-mitigating HiPer strut technology) with stiffer springs, stiffer control-arm bushings, and the addition of a damper rebound spring. While it reduces the ELR’s electric-only driving range by about four miles, the performance kit includes goodies such as summer-only performance tires (wrapped around new 20-inch wheels), Brembo four-piston front brake calipers squeezing 13.... According to Cadillac, the tires alone up the ELR’s lateral grip by “nearly 10 percent. ” the 2014 ELR we sent flying around our skidpad mustered a relatively average 0. 84 g—if Cadillac’s claimed improvement holds up when we test a 2016 model, that would mean Performance package cars could be capable of more than 0. 9 g. Cadillac... Source: blog.caranddriver.com