2016 Cadillac ATS-V First-Drive – BMW baiting - SlashGear
The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V is not your grandpa’s Caddy. V-Series has been Cadillac ’s sledgehammer retort to German Autobahn-bruisers since 2004, and the ATS-V is the third generation of car to wear the badge. Speaking to some of Cadillac’s team, in fact, there were questions quietly voiced whether the CTS-V would simply be too monstrous for most drivers, what with its 640 HP V8 good for 200+ mph. That’s actually more horsepower than Cadillac originally promised, with the engineers having discovered their tuning was better than expected at the cars’ debut late last year at the LA Auto Show. All that power is pushed to the rear wheels through either a 6-speed manual or an 8-speed automatic transmission, with Cadillac claiming a 3. 8 second 0-60 mph run and a 189 mph top speed. And, though there’s already a 3. 6-liter V6 in the ATS line-up, the V-Series switches out the normal parts for titanium con rods, a forced crank, and new valve-train. The regular ATS is a solid luxury sports sedan or coupe in regular form, but a bigger engine wouldn’t have been enough to take on the M3’s of the world. Source: www.slashgear.com
