{"id":7444,"date":"2010-04-24T08:13:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=7444"},"modified":"2010-04-24T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T14:13:42","slug":"in-pursuit-of-a-lighter-cadillac-cts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/in-pursuit-of-a-lighter-cadillac-cts\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pursuit of a Lighter Cadillac CTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Cadillac&#8217;s plans for the next Cadillac CTS refresh is to make the CTS one of the lightest cars in its class.\u00a0 One assumes they will do this through additional use of Aluminum, and high strength steel.\u00a0 The advantage of high strength steel is that for the same properties a thinner, lighter piece can be used that has the same or better strength and durability.<\/p>\n<p>There is a 2-3% improvement in fuel economy for every 100 kg (220 lbs).\u00a0 So although the EPA cycle is complex, in general a 28 mpg CTS might break 30 mpg with the loss of around 500 lbs of weight from its 3,681 lb curb weight.\u00a0 Obviously there is a limit to the fuel economy that can be gained in this manner, since Cadillacs one can safely say will always have some weight.\u00a0 Cadillac&#8217;s goal of being the lightest in their vehicle class seems ideal.\u00a0 This goal is one that will have to be revisited in the crowded markets Cadillac competes in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7455\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/X03CA_CT33H.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7455\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7455\" title=\"2003 Cadillac CTS\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/X03CA_CT33H-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/X03CA_CT33H-1024x549.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/X03CA_CT33H-500x268.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cadillac CTS Safety Cage<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Cadillac CTS currently uses Advanced High Strength Steels in strategic structural locations.\u00a0 Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS\u2019s) are multiphase steels which contain martensite, bainite, and\/or retained austenite in quantities sufficient to produce unique mechanical properties (transformation hardening).\u00a0 AHSS\u2019s exhibit an excellent combination of high strength and high formability resulting primarily from their high strain hardening capabilities. AHSS&#8217;s can be further classified by tensile strength; the ideal application for different tensile strength AHSS&#8217;s varies.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theicct.org\/documents\/0000\/1430\/Mass_reduction_final_2010.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">study <\/a>by Lotus Engineering confirms that a total vehicle, synergistic approach to mass reduction is feasible and could result in substantial mass savings with minimal piece cost impact.<\/p>\n<p>I am very excited about the emphasis at Cadillac on weight management, as it will also make my favorite Cadillacs more nimble and athletic &#8212; when you lose weight you just FEEL better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Cadillac&#8217;s plans for the next Cadillac CTS refresh is to make the CTS one of the lightest cars in its class.\u00a0 One assumes they will do this through additional use of Aluminum, and high strength steel.\u00a0 The advantage &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/in-pursuit-of-a-lighter-cadillac-cts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,6],"tags":[7,465,587,588],"class_list":["post-7444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cts-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","tag-cadillac","tag-cadillac-cts","tag-high-stregth-steel","tag-weight-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7444","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\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7444"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7467,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7444\/revisions\/7467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}