{"id":11601,"date":"2012-01-08T21:58:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T03:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=11601"},"modified":"2012-01-08T21:58:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T03:58:48","slug":"cadillac-ats-photos-with-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-ats-photos-with-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac ATS photos with notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ats1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11602\" title=\"ats1\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ats1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ats1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ats1-500x281.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ats1.jpg 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Exterior:<\/h2>\n<p>Continues the CTS Art and Science design themes, which can be difficult on a smaller car.\u00a0 The best critique received is that it looks too conservative &#8212; what the critics don&#8217;t recognize is that Cadillac has masterfully made a small car look as good as the mid-size CTS.\u00a0 The team stayed with 18&#8243; wheels to save weight, but they look in proportion to the ATS.<\/p>\n<p>Hidden front bumper. High tech lighting solutions. Conventional door handles retained to keep the chrome touches?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11605\" title=\"2013 Cadillac ATS\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0299-1024x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0299-1024x568.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0299-500x277.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Interior:<\/h2>\n<p>The electronic dash display is configurable in the CUE system.\u00a0 The center console display is all a touch screen.\u00a0 There is available HUD (Heads up display).<\/p>\n<p>Interior appears to be evolutionary from CTS, which is good.\u00a0 Looks very streamlined and well laid out.\u00a0\u00a0 Variety of colors is interesting and has a sporty appeal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0460.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11604\" title=\"2013 Cadillac ATS\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0460-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0460-1024x566.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/2013_Cadillac_ATS_0460-500x276.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What are the down-sides?<\/h2>\n<p>Everything is scaled to a smaller car to save weight, increasing performance and MPG.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rear leg room is reduced<\/li>\n<li>Small trunk space at 10 cubic feet<\/li>\n<li>Smaller gas tank at 16 gallons<\/li>\n<li>6L45 transmission lighter, but also less robust, less room for more power<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are all likely good trades to the target audience.<\/p>\n<h2>First Impressions<\/h2>\n<p>Wow they got it under 3,400 lbs! Looks good so far can&#8217;t wait to see more &amp; get more details.<\/p>\n<h2>Questions<\/h2>\n<p>What are the performance numbers for the Turbo? for the 3.6L V6? What will the prices be?\u00a0 When does the ATS-V arrive?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exterior: Continues the CTS Art and Science design themes, which can be difficult on a smaller car.\u00a0 The best critique received is that it looks too conservative &#8212; what the critics don&#8217;t recognize is that Cadillac has masterfully made a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-ats-photos-with-notes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,6],"tags":[429],"class_list":["post-11601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpha","category-site-info-news","tag-cadillac-ats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11601"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11627,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11601\/revisions\/11627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}