Start with what the Cadillac ATS is: a 4-door sedan / 2-door coupe with ubl, built from 2012 to 2019, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Bob Boniface (Automotive design#Exterior design / exterior) / Eric Clough (Automotive design#Interior design / interior).
How it came about
The Cadillac ATS is a compact executive car (D-segment) manufactured by General Motors and marketed by Cadillac from the 2013 to 2019 model years, available in both four-door sedan and two-door coupé body styles. In the US, it is the brand's first locally built entry-level premium car since the Cimarron, and in Europe, it is the successor to the Swedish-built Cadillac BLS. The ATS was developed at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan and assembled at the Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Lansing, Michigan. Using GM's Alpha platform, the ATS was offered in either rear- or all-wheel drive configurations. The ATS base engine had been a naturally aspirated 2.5-liter I-4 gasoline engine that produces 202 hp (151 kW) (until the 2016 model year). Optional engines include a 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4 gasoline engine that produces 272 hp (203 kW) and a naturally aspirated 3.6-liter V6 gasoline engine that produces 321 hp (239 kW).
The 2.0-liter engine replaced the 2.5-liter engine as the base engine for the 2017 model year. All versions were equipped with a 6-speed GM 6L45 Hydra-Matic automatic transmission as standard until the 2015 model year. An 8-speed automatic transmission was introduced for the 2016 model year. The 2.0-liter turbocharged, rear-wheel drive version can be mated to an optional 6-speed Tremec M3L TR-3160 manual transmission. Prior to the debut of the ATS, Cadillac's smallest vehicle was the E-segment CTS. The CTS was comparable in price to D-segment competitors like the Audi A4, the BMW 3 Series, the Lexus IS and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class,
The hardware
The engine is ubl. On the scales it comes to 3315 -. Drive goes through a 6-speed Tremec TR-3160 transmission / Tremec TR-3160 Manual transmission / manual / 6-speed Tremec TR-6060 transmission / Tremec TR-6060 Manual transmission / manual / 6-speed GM 6. The wheelbase is 2776 mm / 2861 mm (ATS-L). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
In the Cadillac line-up the Cadillac ATS has a clear place: it replaced the Cadillac BLS (Europe); it handed the line to the Cadillac CT4; the factory was Lansing, Michigan. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Mazda CX-5, the Tesla Model X, the Peugeot 208. Its Cadillac stablemates include the Cadillac 353 and the Cadillac ATS-L.
Owning one today
Buying one now means $15,900–$38,600 for a typical example, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,728–$5,595 a year. Insurance sits around $1,580–$2,810 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.