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All ATS All the Time
January 5, 2012 - 9:52 amThe ATS news running up to the official unveil at the Detroit Auto Show next week is coming fast and furious.
In today’s installment, the good folks over at CarScoop.com have a reader who has some serious skill in rendering based on spy shots.
As you can see here (and in more detail over at the source link) Josh Byrnes has given us our best view yet of what we’ll see for real during Cadillac’s debut early next week of the ATS sedan.
We are just days away now from getting unfettered views of the new car and then can start looking forward, in earnest, to some seat time with the new little Caddy.
Source: CarScoop.com
ATS getting closer to reveal
September 14, 2011 - 5:00 am
As Cadillac gets closer to releasing the ATS into the most competitive portion of the luxury market – their engineers are testing with less and less camouflage and spy photographers are getting even more revealing images of the upcoming sports sedan.
As we can see, the ATS will fit in quite well with the styling theme of the Cadillac brand. The remaining questions will be about how the car performs and works. Answers to these questions will have to wait until the car is released in 2012.
More pictures at the article below.
Source: AutoBlog.com
XTS Spied
April 4, 2011 - 6:00 amKBB has spied the upcoming DTS/STS replacement undergoing testing.
As you can see, the overall theme is sticking pretty close to the XTS Platinum concept, but the camo is doing its job of hiding details of body character lines as well as exact shapes of the hood and trunk that would let us see exactly how many changes are really in store between the concept and reality.
The article points out that the brakes on this test car appear to be Brembo sourced, suggesting a sporty model if not a full-on V-Series variant – the wheels also suggest this is a sportier flavor of the XTS than the Platinum concept as well.
Expect the XTS to debut within the next two years with 3.6 DI base power (this is the 330-ish hp next generation 3.6 that we have not yet seen in production). A sportier model could pack either a forced induction 3.6 or possibly a front-drive version of GM’s small-block V-8. It is likely that many, if not all trims of the XTS will come with all-wheel drive to help cover for the fact that the Epsilon II chassis is front-drive based while Cadillac is a rear-drive focused brand – or at least wants to compete with primarily rear-drive competition.
Source: KBB
ATS spied with some camo removed
April 2, 2011 - 10:10 pm
As you can see in this image from the Detroit News, we can start to make out some of the real sheetmetal of the ATS, including character line swooping up the door skin and some of the actual shape of the rear window and C-pillar.
As the article notes, the trunk looks to be super short, taking some fastback-esque styling queues from the CTS coupe.
Source: Detroit News
Production ATS? spotted
January 27, 2011 - 10:08 am
Autoblog has spotted what they are calling the new XTS sedan undergoing testing. However, with the bobbed rear overhang as well as a decidedly not-front drive front overhang, and a small sedan rear door size – we’re calling this the ATS. Thanks to 60Seville for pointing out the discrepancies.
Some are noting the tail lights are not Cadillac issue – however, most GM prototypes for the last several years typically sport non-brand lights during this stage of testing.
Source: Autoblog.com
