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    Rumorpile: Cadillac Ponders An ATS-based Roadster

    William Maley

    Editor/Reporter - CheersandGears.com

    January 25, 2012

    Inside Line reports that Cadillac is looking at building a two-seat roadster to compete with the likes of the BMW Z4 and Mercedes-Benz SLK. Sources inside Cadillac say the vehicle will use the Alpha platform, like in the new ATS.. It will likely share powertrain options with the ATS as well.

    No other details have been released and its unknown if this will see the light of day.

    Source: Inside Line

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    BMW can't even beat old BMW in terms of handling and driving feel.

    I would agree, it is sad to see their cars getting bigger and heavier. Everything gets heavier, but The 5-series was 187-190 inches long for a couple decades, now they are up to 193+. Not much but as their customers grow older, they seem to be softening things a bit to appeal to them. BMWs still sell in big numbers and things purists hate like SUVs sell well to the yuppie crowd.

    Even though they may have lost what they were, BMW is still better in driving experience than the FWD generics, or the vanilla pudding that Lexus is peddling. I guess in Infiniti has a couple sporty cars, but the G37 is more herky, jerky and rough in an attempt to feel sporty, rather than the seamless driving dynamic that a BMW can provide. That being said, as BMW softens, the opportunity is there for someone else to go hardcore performance.

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    Back to the topic of a Roadster...

    Won't it be interesting if the make it a collapsible hard top with Scissor Doors? If not anything, there is nothing like that at any price. When you get rid of the rear seats and move the front seats back half a foot, it makes it possible to have a significantly lower roofline and a straddle the floor board sitting position. The shortened green house makes a low-profile, 2-piece, arching roofline much more attainable than with a 2+2 vehicle.Such proportionsa also bear lamborgini style scissor entry ways well.

    Also, because you no longer have rear seats, you can have a bulkhead fuel tank where the rear seat backs typically are. This then makes room for a rear mounted transaxle. Or, for a hybrid, room for the Volt's 147

    Powerrtrain wise, because this is going to be a niche vehicle anyway because of its configuration, I'll peg the extremes and forgo all the standard choices. The Roadster can be had with two engine choices -- Naturally aspirated Pushrod V8 @ ~470 hp or 2.0 160hp / 265 lb-ft Turbodiesel in a parallel Hybrid arrangement with rear mounted Volt generator-motors and main propulsion motors for a total of about 290 hp.

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    I would love to see Cadillac take the Miata like car and take it to the next level. More power, less weight and technology like the magnetic ride. Put it into a simple sports car package with a real trunk and soft top. Make it handle unlike anything else in class.

    The Miata has been a solid performer for several reasons. I would love to see Cadillac take this to the next level. Keep all the crazy stuff for later and a more expensive car.

    The Alpha could make a car that the Solstic just could not be at the price Lutz set. While holding the base price to $19K was right for Pontiac it was wrong for the kind of car it could have been at the time GM tried to do it. I would like to see them place a car more expensive and advanced than the Miata but priced under the BMW but better performing.

    Leave the silly trendy things like flip doors and odd styling alone for this car. Make a real drivers car that someone could drive daily or on a trip and still drive on open track day.

    The Cadillac price point could make a car the Solstice never could have been at a Pontiac value.

    This also would be a car that could last as it would be light enough to still return good MPG with no need for crazy hybrid system.

    The only crazy thing I sould even consider is a 500 HP Eco Turbo.

    This car would be different enough to remove it from anything the Vette is doing or will do.

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