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Originally Posted by rolren
How can the Caddie be weak if the engine delivers 272hp rather than 245hp? On the contrary, I find the Caddie's main advantage is in its engine.
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Did you watch the video review? The say BMW underrated the N20 power and GM overrated the ATS 2.0 power. Plus the Cadillac engine runs out of power and sounds poor after 5500 rpm while the BMW pulls and sounds good to the 7000 rpm redline.
This unfortunately shows that GM is not yet ready to compete at this level. Although the BMW N20 is a 4 cylinder with that layout's inherent imbalance, it looks like it is one of the best 4 cylinder engines in the world. It loves to rev, makes nice sounds, is relatively smooth off of idle, makes great power and gets very goof fuel economy. The GM engine on the other hand seems to make good power but looks to be rough, doesn't like to rev and the fuel economy is well below that of the BMW engine. It's an average engine at best in this class.
It seems like the ATS 3.6 is the way to go and hopefully GM will find a MT for this package.