New Cadillac excels on the track - The Detroit News
That's why the brand chose Willow Springs International Raceway in this city outside Los Angeles to show off its new ATS-V, a nimble sport sedan stuffed with a 464-horsepower twin-turbo V-6. The company says this hot rod, starting at $61,465,... The day at Willow Springs' 2. 5-mile track started early, with a light breeze riffling the flags over the pits. It's fitted with sophisticated suspension, transmission and braking systems that make it a capable track car. To prove that point, Cadillac reps put us in helmets, belted us into ATS-Vs and led us on three medium-speed guided laps around the highly technical track. I've logged some track time on motorcycles but never in a car. Despite that, within minutes I was Hot Laps Houlihan, as much impressed by the ATS-V as I was by my ability to get the car around the course without running it into a wall. The Caddy stuck to that track like a bum on a bologna sandwich, artfully managing even the off-camber uphill turn 3 and the off-camber downhill turn 5. I was no High Plains Drifter, but I found the back end slid in a nicely controlled fashion... As a Willow newbie, I clocked only 95 mph on the back stretch and 120 mph on the front straightaway. Source: www.detroitnews.com
