{"id":3215,"date":"2009-12-07T21:48:27","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T02:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2009-12-08T07:35:20","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T12:35:20","slug":"re-gm-to-lavish-cash-on-new-vehicles-like-the-ats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/re-gm-to-lavish-cash-on-new-vehicles-like-the-ats\/","title":{"rendered":"Re: GM to lavish cash on new vehicles [Like the ATS]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"articleText\" class=\"aText\"> <\/span>A few interesting mentions <a href=\"http:\/\/elpasoinc.com\/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=ccd739ba-82f5-876f-7c02-9c774b1db788\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>of the upcoming smaller than a CTS model, the ATS or Alpha:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alpha \/ ATS internally informally referred to as the &#8220;BMW fighter&#8221;<br \/>\n[good]<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"articleText\"> small, rear-wheel drive luxury car for the Cadillac division<br \/>\n[confirmed, good]<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Compete head-on with the German carmaker\u2019s 3-series sedan<br \/>\n[yes]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;This car has to speak for itself,&#8221; Reuss said in a recent interview. &#8220;Before, it was all about playing defense instead of offense.&#8221;<br \/>\n[good]<\/li>\n<li>Now, the engineering and purchasing executives are meeting together with important suppliers to stress that GM will pay top dollar if it gets the most advanced technology before other automakers.<br \/>\n[good; not sure what they have in mind for the ATS here, but interesting]<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;With the BMW fighter, the steering in that vehicle is going to be absolutely critical,&#8221; said Reuss. &#8220;In the past we would have gone to the lowest cost source, but not anymore.&#8221;<br \/>\n[Steering feel is an area that BMW is considered world class.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the entire article, <span id=\"articleText\" class=\"aText\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/elpasoinc.com\/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=ccd739ba-82f5-876f-7c02-9c774b1db788\" target=\"_blank\">A FLUSH GM TO LAVISH CASH ON NEW VEHICLES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The NY Times also carried the article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/08\/business\/08auto.html\" target=\"_blank\">A FLUSH GM TO LAVISH CASH ON NEW VEHICLES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nothing new, except the emphasis on value for the money over lowest cost supplier.\u00a0 Good to continue to confirm the ATS or BMW Fighter (BFS?) as a rear wheel drive &#8220;ultimate driving machine&#8221;.\u00a0 The ATS will need plenty of go to match up with the BMW 335i and its &#8220;300 hp&#8221; inline 6 turbo, since it <a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=3015\" target=\"_self\">actually makes 340 hp or so<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other ATS \/ Alpha articles <a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?cat=30\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elpasoinc.com\/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=ccd739ba-82f5-876f-7c02-9c774b1db788\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few interesting mentions here of the upcoming smaller than a CTS model, the ATS or Alpha: Alpha \/ ATS internally informally referred to as the &#8220;BMW fighter&#8221; [good] small, rear-wheel drive luxury car for the Cadillac division [confirmed, good] &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/re-gm-to-lavish-cash-on-new-vehicles-like-the-ats\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alpha","category-site-info-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","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=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}