/DRIVE: The Cadillac ATS-V On Track WIth The 'Zig
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2015 7:59 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSHG4FFiN2M
This is actually worth watching. Every time they describe some characteristic of the car, it just makes me think this is the perfect daily driver for Bob.
Highlights:
- Ideal steering weight, response and on-center feel
- The torque curve, rather than mimicking an electric motor to the greatest extent possible, actually rewards you for increasing RPMs which is very engaging
- Suspension that is compliant yet responsive
- The various electronic features, such as the electronic differential or PTM, NEVER feels intrusive. You feel like you are driving the car, not being driven by a computer. This is incredibly engaging.
- They mentioned more than once that it doesn't feel like a numbers car - it feels like every component was engineered as part of a system to perform and be communicative, rather than attack numbers via brute force.
- It is light and tossable. And because the chassis is inherently good, every model of ATS is this way, even the base model.
- There's something very honest about this car. It was mentioned that perhaps the Cadillac folks should have breathed on the C7 Z06. Damn.
- Overall the entire package is fun regardless of driving down the highway and simply changing lanes, spirited back road driving or the track. This is not a car that has to be taken to 10/10ths to be exciting, even though it is also very good right up to that point. This is somewhat rare for an every day car like this.
This is actually worth watching. Every time they describe some characteristic of the car, it just makes me think this is the perfect daily driver for Bob.
Highlights:
- Ideal steering weight, response and on-center feel
- The torque curve, rather than mimicking an electric motor to the greatest extent possible, actually rewards you for increasing RPMs which is very engaging
- Suspension that is compliant yet responsive
- The various electronic features, such as the electronic differential or PTM, NEVER feels intrusive. You feel like you are driving the car, not being driven by a computer. This is incredibly engaging.
- They mentioned more than once that it doesn't feel like a numbers car - it feels like every component was engineered as part of a system to perform and be communicative, rather than attack numbers via brute force.
- It is light and tossable. And because the chassis is inherently good, every model of ATS is this way, even the base model.
- There's something very honest about this car. It was mentioned that perhaps the Cadillac folks should have breathed on the C7 Z06. Damn.
- Overall the entire package is fun regardless of driving down the highway and simply changing lanes, spirited back road driving or the track. This is not a car that has to be taken to 10/10ths to be exciting, even though it is also very good right up to that point. This is somewhat rare for an every day car like this.