Cadillac May Avoid V-8 For ATS-V - Insider Car News
It appears that the future of Cadillac’s red-hot ATS-V doesn’t involve a growling V-8 engine. » Related: Cadillac ATS Gets its Own Midnight Edition While it’s easy to jump to the conclusion that Cadillac is merely bowing to the pressure imposed on it by the federal government through the ever-restrictive CAFE fuel economy standards, it’s... It’s true that all automakers who want to be a big force in the United States need to worry about doing more with less, or finding a replacement for displacement, there are some inherent advantages that play into what Cadillac is doing with the... When Cadillac created the current ATS-V, it did so with the idea of using a twin-turbo V-6. Even though it has two fewer cylinders than the Corvette’s LT1, the engine actually puts out around the same amount of peak horsepower and torque. Thanks to modern technology, engineers seem to be able to extract more power out of four- and six-cylinder engines economically than ever before. Source: www.insidercarnews.com
