Reader Review: 2014 Cadillac ATS
Calgarian just the type of guy luxury carmaker is targetting with its performance sport sedan
By Greg Williams
CALGARY — Aly Sayani is 34 years old, has a good job, and likes cars. Because he’s young, and relatively affluent, he’s exactly the type of fellow Cadillac would like to see driving its newest car – the ATS.
And he did. For one week, Sayani spent time in the driver’s seat of Cadillac’s compact luxury sports sedan, the 2014 ATS Luxury AWD.
The ATS is the luxury nameplate’s smallest vehicle, and was introduced in 2012 as a 2013 model and is meant to compete against vehicles such as BMW’s 3 Series and Audi’s A4.
It’s not breaking news that Cadillac no longer produces block-long luxury liners, but the brand didn’t have an entry for the competitive compact luxury segment. Cadillac’s CTS is the bigger brother in the model range, and it’s considered a mid-sized vehicle.
To develop the ATS, Cadillac designers started with a fresh sheet of paper. They engineered an all-new, lightweight platform intended to support either rear wheel drive or all-wheel drive running gear. GM points out that the ATS is all about driving dynamics, and says the car has one of the lowest curb weights (1,504 kg) in the compact luxury sports segment.
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