{"id":14137,"date":"2012-07-19T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=14137"},"modified":"2012-07-21T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2012-07-21T17:11:25","slug":"cadillac-ats-vs-the-world-234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-ats-vs-the-world-234\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac ATS vs World &#8211; Rugs, Cities, Dunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Cadillac ATS Site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/ats-compact-car.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac ATS<\/a> travels the world and embraces local textures.\u00a0 In these 3 episodes, the test drivers explore rug making, a fortified city, and find the end of the road.\u00a0 Uniquely American sports luxury sedan, meet unique cultures around the world.\u00a0 <strong>Update: Monaco<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7Tf3wFOW-Ds&#038;hd=1<\/p>\n<p>Journey inside the highly coveted and luxurious world of Moroccan rug weaving and witness firsthand the timeless craft honed by generations of Berber women at Ait Benhaddou.<\/p>\n<p>Watch as we challenge the ATS&#8217;s advanced features and set the standard in every corner of the earth: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cadillac\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cadillac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ACyPl1JuLQI&#038;hd=1<\/p>\n<p>Take a front seat as our guides, Ross, and driver, Derek, travel to the fortified city of Ait Benhaddou, situated along the ancient caravan route that once connected the Saharan Desert to the bustling trade city of Marrakesh.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ysTHRna3KsU&#038;hd=1<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide trek takes a turn down the ancient trade route to the road&#8217;s end at the Erfoud sand dunes. The northwestern corner of the Saharan Desert is where the ATS&#8217;s refined cockpit gives way to the camel&#8217;s saddle.<\/p>\n<h2>Cadillac ATS<\/h2>\n<p>I enjoy these short videos, and not just for more glimpses of the upcoming Cadillac ATS.\u00a0 The ATS is on a new, custom rear wheel drive performance chassis, and is bringing 3 exciting powertrain combinations at release.\u00a0 It is available with all wheel drive (AWD).<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully we will also see the higher power ATS-V break cover.\u00a0 The V-Series is Cadillac&#8217;s high performance version, similar to the M Series for BMW or AMG editions for Mercedes.\u00a0 The ATS is an ideal platform for V-Series performance, so I can&#8217;t wait to see what the GM Performance Division can do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Please also see our <a title=\"Cadillac ATS\" href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/category\/cadillac-models\/alpha\/\">Cadillac ATS category<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Update: Cadillac ATS at Monaco<\/h2>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uEQ1JRb-HCA&#038;hd=1<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Perhaps the most lauded racecourse in history, the Monaco Grand Prix circuit captivates all and humbles most. Derek Hill returns to the course where he raced twice as a professional and where his father took the podium three times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadillac ATS travels the world and embraces local textures.\u00a0 In these 3 episodes, the test drivers explore rug making, a fortified city, and find the end of the road.\u00a0 Uniquely American sports luxury sedan, meet unique cultures around the world.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-ats-vs-the-world-234\/\">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":[357,30,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertising-commercials","category-alpha","category-site-info-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14137","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=14137"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14192,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14137\/revisions\/14192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}