2013 Cadillac ATS Long-Term Road Test

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2013 Cadillac ATS Long-Term Road Test

Edmunds conducts a Long Term Test of the 2013 Cadillac ATS and compares its four-cylinder engine to the V6.

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vvk

Put a full size spare tire and a manual gearbox in this car and I will be all over it.

duck87

The uncomfortable truth for most of the 2.0T players in the market (save Audi and BMW) is that they are still inferior to V6s, particularly the ones from Honda and Toyota... but we've been seeing recently that even in cases like Hyundai and GM, their 2.0Ts can't even seem to beat the V6s in their own lineup! It'll probably take a generation or two of development to get there... I can't believe we're in a day and age where V6s are considered the "luxury" option.

s197gt

you never answered the question of which one YOU would choose.

cotak

@duck87

Turbos are great if people are willing to accept it or the car companies are able to make one that people don't notice.

In my mazdaspeed 3 yeah it's not going to make you love it if you want to drive it like a lazy v6. You need to grab it by the

duck87

@cotak: I'm having trouble understanding what you're saying? Yes, the challenge right now is to produce a 2.0T engine that offers comparable linear power and refinement as a V6. Yes, the MS3 has a interesting powerband- probably because it has relatively

cotak

@duck87 The VW engine's torque curve is totally a product of electronics and not natural behaviour of a turbo engine. That's why it's is possible to unlock more power with a simple chip. If you look at any of the dyno runs comparing chipped 2.0T vs stock

duck87

@cotak: ... I'm still confused. You understand that a significantly large part of how a turbocharged engine behaves is due to its electronic calibration right? This is where the army of corporate engineers will probably do better than most independent tun