Video: GM Finally Takes Cadillac ATS To The Nurburgring

GM is making a big deal out of its upcoming BMW 3-series fighter, the Cadillac ATS. This baby Caddy is coming on an all-new platform, with a new 2.0 liter 270 horsepower turbo engine and an emphasis on performance handling. To that end, GM took the ATS out to the world-famous Nurburgring to test and tune the car for the streets, and they’ve been documenting it with a YouTube video series.The third in the series has just been released, and finally we get to see the ATS doing what we were told it can do; handle the Nurburgring… like a BOSS.

Why go all the way to Germany for track testing? “You can accomplish more in one lap around the ‘Ring than you can running probably a dozen tracks in the U.S.” says David Mikels, energy and powertrain integration engineer for the Cadillac ATS. GM engineers used the famed “North Loop” where you can experience just about every road and track condition imaginable.

Most of the video is dominated by the ATS screaming through the Nurburgring, as engineers take a chance to explain what exactly the car is experiencing at different parts of the track, like getting airborne or going around one of several tight carousel corners. These videos certainly are raising our expectations for the ATS, and our hopes that Cadillac may actually be able to stand toe-to-toe with BMW.

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Christopher DeMorro is a freelance writer and journalist from Connecticut with two passions in life; writing and anything with an engine.
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