Video here: http://live.wsj.com/video/cadillac-a...0-D788533BEF00
Also read: http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/20...-3-6l-premium/
Also read: http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/20...-3-6l-premium/
- The ATS’s major flaw—and it’s practically a black hole that devours the rest of the car—is the 3.6-liter’s low-speed, low-rpm powertrain noise. Wow. That sounds terrible! The injectors rattle like a sewing machine that’s lost a cog. As soon as you pick up the throttle and the revs rise above around four grand, the induction, valve-train and exhaust notes come together in a rising, melodic chirr, and at full throttle, shuffling up through the gears, the powertrain sounds amazing (0-60 mph in 5.4 seconds). But in a parking lot, it sounds like my old Chevette. Ai.