The TRUTH About The Cadillac ATS-V Rumors

Do any of you remember that childhood game telephone? You know, the one where you start off saying something like "Steven went to the mall," and by the time the same message is passed along to 30 people it comes out "Purple monkey dishwasher."

Naturally, when a forum user decided to put together some "powertrain predictions" in a forum poll someone wound up taking the information and turning it into an "alleged spec sheet" for the upcoming Cadillac ATS.

Pure speculation turned into news that took over the car world today. Long live The Truth About Cars for going through all of this bullbird and sorting out the real deal.

**I suggest you grab a bag of popcorn and click "Read Article," then watch the fireworks...

Lord love the car blogs. On the same day TTAC was fooled by a local TV report’s use of a forum photoshop, the rest of the autoblogosphere has gone bananas for an “alleged spec sheet” that is in fact pure speculation on the part of a member of the GM forum cheersandgears.com. Although the “document” in question “surfaced” in a forum poll entitled “2014 Cadillac ATS – Powertrain Predictions” (and was never presented as an official or “leaked” document), the High Gear Media Hive Mind proceeded to write up the “alleged spec sheet” as if they’d just found it in the RenCen’s executive washroom. Though unable to “confirm its authenticity,” the HGM Collective was able to determine that

the new Cadillac ATS-V will feature a 6.2-liter V-8 developing 470 horsepower and 428 pound-feet of torque. That’s more than the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, the bad boy of the current crop of executive sports sedans.