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 assesses its automatic brakes.

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mercedesfan

Let me first say that while none of these systems are perfect, some do them better than others. For example, not once in the 7 years that I drove my S550 daily did it ever have false alarm with regards to Pre-Safe. It did, however, manage to avoid a serious accident once and avoided a handful of minor ones numerous times. Having said that, I can cut GM some slack because this is their first time developing such a system. On the other hand, this could have led to a rear-end accident. Not cool from a system designed to prevent accidents.

jeepsrt

My 2011 Jeep Overland would alert me of a collision when the road curved and there was a tree off to the side, I got to just ignore it entirely.

duck87

I think Top Gear illustrated this well in last week's episode when Clarkson took the CX-5 and tried to get James May to run him over with it. Worked great. Then Jeremy tried to test it by running into May's RAV4/Mitsu.... and succeeded. I would honestly just turn it off unless I was tired.

cotak

Exactly it is likely topgear turned off the system so they would crash into the VW.

As for the systems. You guys seriously think that each car company develops it's own? The fact that there are companies like getrag should tell you most car companies buys their at least some of their tech from suppliers.

stovt001_

Does the system remember you've turned the features off, or do they reset to on when the car is restarted? I fear the day when the ability to turn these electronic hindrances off starts disappearing, like traction and stability control now.

zimtheinvader

"I think Top Gear illustrated" --- I enjoy Top Gear but I don't look to them for tests of systems or equipment. They are all about entertainment and getting a result they aim to get. They are very entertaining but so much is staged that it is hard to tell what is real and what was setup.--- I about gave up after their free runners vs motorcycle 'race' where it was so convenient that they had sugar glass in the interior windows in the office building and a 4 foot section of wall with no studs in it. And dozens of camera men along every path through the building just in case the competitors happened to choose a random path past them.

duck87

@zimtheinvader: Nobody takes Top Gear as a credible source for anything, but they illustrated a point.

stovt001_

@zim - yeah, I was not a fan of that challenge either. That stretched the bounds of credibility even for Top Gear. They're at their best when you know it probably isn't 100% true, but it could be.