Drew Dowdell

The MKS failure entirely the fault of the interior and bland styling. The ecoboost powertrain is one of the good parts.

Why? I know that a twin turbocharged engine will have more HP and torque than a NA engine of the same size, but the 3.6L is a great V6 in its own right. What are the benefits of having a TTV6 that is a 3L over the NA 3.6L? Unless the engine ends up being a TTV6-3.6L..... The 3.6 still has to work for its lunch in the SRX. They should dial back the HP and up the low end torque on that installation of the engine.

No, I'm letting Mud post his first.

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Stay out of the pedal and you'll save gas. That's the rules with turbo or not. I think people are enjoying the turbo a bit too much and then complaining about it when they get to the gas pump. Even in the staid MKS, it was addicting to use.

Beat that with the LS1 in my 2002 Firehawk - just sayin. Technical question: What is the height measurement of a fully-dressed ecotec? And of an LSx? And your Firehawk is a good 1,500 lbs lighter, not a giant sedan, and not AWD..... just sayin.

And remember two things: The ATS is roughly the same weight as the Verano The ATS turbo will probably make more power. Probably a good 30 hp more unless I've missed a press release. I'm driving a relatively base Verano this week. It is a great little car and feels very premium.

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$34k and you don't even get the V6? eh... I'm not smelling a winner here.

..... living on earth causes cancer... should be ban that too?

Some, not all, of these new turbos coming out have over done bearing coolers to keep up the reliability.

I would imagine that the 3.0TT will be an entirely different beast from the 3.0

I'd go right down the line from top to bottom. The taller the fins, the closer to God. Cadillac Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac Chevrolet as if that needed to be defined for anyone here.

Turbocharged and supercharged engines require premium fuel. Not true for all. I don't see why not. We already know this setup can do 300hp.

Would be nice, but I don't see that happening...it seems most Americans today want small, bland silver or white FWD sedans w/ automatics. The coupe market (beyond a small sporty/performance niche and a smaller luxury niche) is dead. I disagree with you Cubical. Right now the Coupe market is taking a breather. Just like everything, there is a cycle and people might be focused on families and CUV's but lots of people as kids get out of the house look to have a fun coupe to drive. I know I will be considering one in the near future depending on what is available. The Ecoboost does just fine when you keep out of the Turbo. People want their cake and to eat it too... if you use more pedal, you use more gas, why is that hard to understand? I got 27MPG out of an AWD MKS Ecoboost on the highway. That is a great number for a big, heavy, AWD sedan, with 350 hp and gobs of torque.

It's a pre-production interior. Don't judge panel gaps by that picture. I do like how they tape over the badge on the steering wheel so you can't tell which brand it is.

GS is getting an improved Turbo setup. The Peak numbers won't change much, but everything under the peak will be greater.

I love the Buick, Olds and Cadillac!

What's the matter with that? That's what the Cobalt SS had.

Sonic doing very well.

yard full of rust is what it looks like.

I think his point is that the Atlas is too tall and that without major re-engineering, won't work in anything other than the full size trucks and SUVs, where as the 3.0TT will likely hit the spot on performance and can be used in almost anything. I get that. I would like to see an Ecotec I6/VR6 plus optional turbo, slanted if need be, that could be used in everything from the Epsilons on up. And FWD, transverse, slant engines are out there already. The Camry uses/used a transverse slant 4. That means they could engineer it as a slant engine from the start and use it in both transverse and north/south applications.

I don't think this will be a proprietary button. It will just be the same button they are using now to activate the voice activation system but now able to activate Siri or the android equivalent also

Because of the New Manly body design language or the diesel? Well I already did a review of the 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo and really enjoyed the car. I like anything diesel, so I expect I would enjoy the Beetle TDI even more.

Volvo S80 has a 2.9/3.0/3.2 liter I6 mounted transversely 2013 Volvo S60 has a 3.0t mounted transversely Suzuki Verona/Daewoo Leganza as a 2.5 liter I6 mounted transversely