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Originally Posted by Number 3
I think what your getting is reality.
Yep, you can shoe horn a small block into anything. Remember the Mallet Solstice conversion?
And yes, the RS5 has a V8 and that car, like the ATS is simply a RWD Cruze in size.
But any V8 will be a packaging challenge in a car that size. The Audi has a 4.2 L V8, not a 6.2 L.
Tip of the hat to AMG getting their 6.3 L in a C-Class. But I believe that is a RWD only model.
Right now you can't get the RS4 here :( . And it's also a $70,000 car.
So can or will GM cram an LT1 into an ATS? Could fit. Fits under the hood of the C7.
But I think if you put a 450/450 engine and the transmission and axle needed to accomodate that torque you will be very nearly at CTS-V weight and performance. So then it simply becomes two awesome cars at the same price point and you just pick what size you want.
There has to be a difference between an ATS-V if one ever exists and a CTS-V. And hopefully GM has that worked out somehow.
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The LT1 is the
base model V8 of the 5th generation small block - I don't think I am being irrational in thinking it would be a doable engine for the ATS-V. Mind you, if my post made it sound like V8 or nothing then my tone was off - I'd love to have a TTV6, but I hope it is overbuilt.