{"id":14361,"date":"2012-10-06T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=14361"},"modified":"2013-04-03T21:51:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T02:51:13","slug":"cadillac-ats-first-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-ats-first-impressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac ATS First Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"

This fine Saturday morning I picked up a new Cadillac ATS 3.6L from Crest Cadillac<\/a> in Plano, Texas for a weekend test drive.\u00a0 The Cadillac ATS is the newest Cadillac, still reaching showrooms in numbers.\u00a0 It promises to be the best-selling Cadillac — and best value — of this generation, so let’s take a close look.<\/p>\n

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Cadillac ATS First Impressions — ATS is the BMW of Cadillacs<\/p><\/div>\n

The Cadillac ATS is light and nimble.\u00a0 By light I mean it weighs around 3,400 lbs versus my STS-V at 4,200 lbs.\u00a0 By nimble I mean that it goes where you point it, in a hurry.\u00a0 The lighter weight makes the 3.6L V6 seem more muscular than it does in other Cadillacs — it is more than capable in the CTS, but in the ATS it takes on a whole new attitude.<\/p>\n

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Cadillac ATS First Impressions – Head on<\/p><\/div>\n

My test car is a 2013 Cadillac ATS in light blue metallic.\u00a0 It is a luxury model, with navigation and driver awareness package.\u00a0 These bring the sticker up to $44K.<\/p>\n

I was concerned that rear seat room might make the ATS too small for my family use — but it looks as if it would work fine, and has just enough room for touring.<\/p>\n

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Cadillac ATS First Impressions — rear<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0Cadillac ATS First Impressions — 2L Turbo or V6?<\/h2>\n

I have argued <\/a>that the 2L Turbo engine will be the sweet spot for the ATS performance versus value, but if your budget allows the 3.6L is certainly an excellent choice.\u00a0 It has a healthy growl that is quite charming, and just the right note for a performance Cadillac.<\/p>\n

Crest Cadillac<\/h2>\n

My thanks to Crest Cadillac<\/a> of Plano for providing me with the ATS to test.\u00a0 The staff is always ready to help, and I enjoy visiting with other Cadillac fans.<\/p>\n

More to follow — I like to get a ‘first impressions’ out on pick-up, then I will add articles through the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This fine Saturday morning I picked up a new Cadillac ATS 3.6L from Crest Cadillac in Plano, Texas for a weekend test drive.\u00a0 The Cadillac ATS is the newest Cadillac, still reaching showrooms in numbers.\u00a0 It promises to be the … Continue reading →<\/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":[30,6,564],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpha","category-site-info-news","category-test-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361","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=14361"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16054,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14361\/revisions\/16054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}