As the Cadillac ATS slowly trickles into dealerships, the automotive media at large has been testing it in the real world since the summer time. And although there has been wondrous praise about the ATS’ handling abilities, there seems to be one unanimous complaint: the imprecise nature of the manual transmission found exclusively in the ATS 2.0T.
A manual transmission in the ATS 2.0T sounds to us like it would be a blast, but those who have had substantial seat time with the car mark it down as the car’s Achilles heel — resulting in the ATS coming up short of the BMW 328i in major comparison tests. Needless to say, this is discouraging for Cadillac… so much so that production of ATS manual sedans have been “stopped cold” to improve the feeling of the transmission’s operation by adjusting to softer bushings according to Motor Trend. A recall (or a TSB) isn’t in order, since the fixes will be made before any cars get into the hands of consumers.
Comments
Hopefully this will fix the issue and there will be no more excuses on why the Caddy bests the 3 series.
This is great news. But I still wish that GM would fix the very few glitches with CUE like by just adding a volume and tuning knob and a seek button. That’s really all it needs. If they did this, and added 8 speeds the ATS would be unstoppable
I don’t understand why people have problems with the volume slider. It’s really easy to use, as easy as a traditional knob as far as I am concerned. And I say this from personal experience, as I have played around with the system quite a bit. I can see the complaint of no tuning knob, but radio stations are changed quite easily by voice command, so even if there was a knob, I would likely use the voice commands or the easily accessible “favourites” buttons.
All of that can be done from the steering wheel, hands dont even have to move from position.
Sure, but I don’t think you want your wife/GF/mistress reaching over to your steering wheel to change the station… But then again, that’s where the ‘voice command’ comes in handy. 😉
ah touche, did not consider the passenger problem
The passenger is breaking the rule. Never touch the radio.
The base model has knobs….they work just fine and you can still use touch screen as well…..very nice layout and lights up too…looks sharp against the black background…I imagine at night it is very cool 🙂
That’s right your passenger wife girlfriend mistress should be under voice command at all times. If only they were as obedient as a German Shepherd.
This makes me excited, the bean-counters at GM are almost entirely non-existent now.
This is pointless, nowadays manufacturer adopts journalist comments and some stupid stuff like how good, some cars are on track, does not matter if it is SUV or small car… who gives a sh**. And I have to say that stupid people, and those who do not know nothing about cars have opinion after one review about car…
… they see on youtube…
I hear the trannies are being redone on stick shift….I am sure it will be just fine…if anyone has bouight one, they will be fixed free I bet 🙂
I have read that no stick shifts have been built yet that will be sold.
LEASED MY ATS 3 WEEKS AGO GREAT PRICE BUT….
TURBO LAG IS CONSTANT
NOT NEARLY AS FAST AS I EXPECTED
GAS MILEGAE 14.5 MPG WTF NEVER GOT UNDER 17 IN MY CTS
CUE SYSTEM IS A NIGHTMARE WAY TOO COMPLICATED AND DOES NOT WORK FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU TOUCH SCREEN
PLS BRING BACK THE KNOBS
THE BLACK CONSOL IS A MESSSSSSSSSSWITH FINGERPRINTS HARD TO KEEP CLEAN STERING WHEEL CONTROLS ALSO A JOKE TOO COMPLICATED
RADIO RECEPTION IN CHGO, MARKET IS AWFUL STATIONS THAT WERE NICE AND CLEAR IN MY CTS NOW FADE AND HAVE STATIC
DEALER SOO FAR HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX ANY OF THE PROBLEMS
I REALLY WANTED THIS CAR TO WORK FOR GM BUT ITS GOT REAL PROBLEMS
GLAD I LEASED IT AND DIDNT BUY