Cadillac Hopes To Crush The Germans With New Turbo Four Cylinder For ATS

General Motors Co. has designed a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine for Cadillac that it hopes will take the fight to the Germans.

The 2.0-liter Ecotec delivers 270 horsepower. That translates into 135 horses per liter, making it one of the world's most power-dense automobile engines.

By comparison, the 2.0-liter turbo offered in Audi's A4 puts out 105.5 horses per liter, while the Mercedes-Benz C250's 1.8-liter turbo generates 111.6.

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Brembo - 12/15/2011 11:33:49 AM

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Nice work!

MeanVulcan - 12/15/2011 11:58:49 AM

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efficiency? reliability? power curve?

Deutschland - 12/15/2011 12:08:10 PM

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Ya. I'm sure the Germans are real scared....Cadillac needs to worry about exterior design more than engines....The replacement for the DTS has the strangest looking wheelbase known to man

I95SPEEDINGTICKETS - 12/15/2011 2:23:24 PM

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Not to mention Audi already has a 3yr+ old 2.0L Engine that produces 270+hp which is currently used in:
TTS
S3
GOLF R
SIROCCO R

If Audi felt there was a demand for it, they could easily install it into their Sedans.

Joe_Limon - 12/16/2011 10:28:22 AM

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Hopefully this engine is more efficient then that 3yr+ old engine while putting out similar numbers.

knowitall1985 - 12/15/2011 2:36:17 PM

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Keep spare engines in the parts dept. so when they crap out @60k they can replace them like they did with the northstar V8. We had about 25 in stock at all times.....