{"id":9497,"date":"2014-11-21T14:07:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T22:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=9497"},"modified":"2014-11-25T17:44:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T01:44:40","slug":"cadillac-introduces-ats-v-r-race-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/cadillac-introduces-ats-v-r-race-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac Introduces ATS-V.R Race Car"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cadillac<\/a><\/p>\n

The next generation of Cadillac’s V-Series elite, high-performance cars begins with the ATS-V.R. This all-new race car is set to begin competition in 2015, but you can see it right now at the L.A. Auto Show.<\/p>\n

The ATS-V.R is the racing extension of the upcoming 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Coupe, which channels more than a decade of V-Series engineering experience into the brand\u2019s first compact performance model. The ATS-V Coupe debuted this week, along with the ATS-V sedan, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and arrives track-capable from the factory next spring.<\/p>\n

The new, up-to-600-horsepower ATS-V.R meets international FIA GT3 specifications, a highly coveted pedigree that allows it to potentially run in more than 30 different GT series around the world. Other marques in this ultra-competitive racing class include Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren and Porsche. The FIA is the governing body for worldwide motorsport, with the GT3 class representing a specific set of specifications for racing cars based on production models.<\/p>\n

The heart of the ATS-V.R is the LF4.R, the racing version of the Twin Turbo 3.6L V-6 in the award-winning Cadillac CTS Vsport. Specific technical upgrades for the GT3-spec race car include larger, twin BorgWarner turbochargers; increased capacity intercoolers; competition engine management and a direct, side-exiting exhaust. The lightweight aluminum block and heads are counterbalanced by a rear transaxle unique to the race car, giving the ATS-V.R a weight distribution of 49 percent front, 51 percent rear.<\/p>\n

\"Cadillac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next generation of Cadillac’s V-Series elite, high-performance cars begins with the ATS-V.R.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":9498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[1581,1582,1580,1579,1583],"class_list":["post-9497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ats-v-coupe","tag-ats-v-sedan","tag-ats-v-r","tag-cadillac","tag-los-angeles-auto-show"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_4931.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-2tb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9497"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9543,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9497\/revisions\/9543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}