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Originally Posted by karguy
You better read your magazines again;no matter if MT,C&D or R&T the beemer 4 or 6 cylinder beat the ATS in straight line performance and got 10-15% better mpg...
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Very marginal difference in acceleration and fuel efficiency with an edge to the BMW but falls short of the ATS in braking, slalom and lateral grip. Essentially the ATS has out-BMW'd BMW.
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Originally Posted by karguy
Looks are personal but here in california you see a lot of new 328i/335i but very few ATS...
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As the 328i has been produced since 1996, I would certainly hope so. The ATS has been available for 5 months.
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Originally Posted by karguy
The ATS-V will have a turbo V6.
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Care to share your sources?
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Originally Posted by karguy
They should have put the LS-3 V8 without supercharger in the CTS and sold it for $40K.
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Given that the V6 starts at $39,990, I don't see how they would sell a V8 and only charge $10 more. Perhaps $50k.
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Originally Posted by karguy
The ATS is too small and harsh riding for the Caddy customer base and buyers of european sports sedans prefer the origional.
That is how I see it...
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The reason the ATS was named the North American Car of the Year is because of not only what it is, but what it represents. Cadillac is trying to broaden it's customer base with a younger demographic. i.e. Those young professionals who look at cars as a status symbol and gravitate toward the German brands. They didn't build it for the current Cadillac customer base, rather what they want their customer base to include.
There will always be buyers loyal to a given brand - nothing wrong with that, but Cadillac has created the closest thing any American manufacturer has come to a European compact sport sedan. It's not perfect, but a monumental step in the right direction.