Is This The First Under-The Skin Look At The 2013 Cadillac ATS?

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

Our sharp-eyed, GM-obsessed buddies over at GMInsidenews.com captured this image from a video that appears to have disappeared from the GM.com website, and they’re pretty sure it shows a skin-off look at the forthcoming Cadillac ATS. Based on the troubled (think: 4,000 lbs)Alpha platform that will also underpin the next-gen CTS and Camaro, the ATS is likely to launch with four-cylinder engines in naturally-aspirated and turbocharged forms, with a possible twin-turbo V6 rumored for the “V” version. Unless, of course, GM has made the questionable decision to engineer the platform to take a small-block V8 (which actually would not be much harder to package than a twin-turbo V6). Meanwhile, the big news recently on the ATS front has been GM CEO Dan Akerson’s opinion that the ATS and XTS

are not going to blow the doors off, but they will be very competitive.

We can’t see any front or rear subframes, so rumors of a complex and “sub-optimal” multilink front suspension must remain rumors for now. Otherwise, the body seems to have some strong potential looks-wise. Let’s just hope the entire package is able to deliver something better than what the rumors are suggesting, otherwise GM will have squandered yet another opportunity to crack the lucrative 3-Series market.


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  • Relton Relton on Jun 29, 2011

    You can't see it in this picture, but there are manual seat tracks in this car. Bob

    • Cole Cole on Jun 29, 2011

      I don't know whether this is funny or not

  • Jkross22 Jkross22 on Jun 29, 2011

    That quote from Akerson is hilarious... way to set the bar low, buddy. Also, aren't those the wheels from a late 90's 7 series. Throwing star wheels? They look great, but definitely have seen them before.

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    • Cole Cole on Jun 29, 2011

      @mike978 This idea of being better than the 3 series doesn't do much. Just make it good. God. Cadillac is the brand I am saddest about.

  • Cole Cole on Jun 29, 2011

    No one in the company is brave enough to sell more Obama limos. What a shame, GM.

  • Spartan Spartan on Jun 30, 2011

    Cadillac doesn't have to blow the doors off, but the ATS has to do something significantly better than the competition besides price. The Infiniti G25/37 and Lexus IS250/350 already do this. They beat the 3er on price and content/$ ratio, and takes a sizeable chunk out of what COULD be 3-series sales.

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