Cadillac is lacing up its boxing gloves for the upcoming auto-show season as it prepares to deliver a one-two punch with new V-series performance cars. The 2015 Cadillac ATS-V, America’s first honest shot at the BMW M3, will debut at the 2014 Los Angeles auto show, which kicks off on November 19. Two months later, the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V will bow at the carmaker’s hometown auto show in Detroit. Both cars will go on sale in 2015.

 

Our spy photographers have already snapped a preview of what to expect with the ATS-V, but the official reveal will expose the full extent of the changes inside and out, as well as under the hood and at the four corners. We do know the V-series ATS will provide a massive injection of thrust to an already-excellent chassis. A twin-turbo 3.6-liter V-6—the same engine that’s used in the CTS Vsport—should turn out about 420 horsepower and 430 lb-ft of torque. An eight-speed automatic is a given, but it’s still not clear whether a manual transmission will be on the menu because the current do-it-yourself ATS box only has the torque capacity to handle the output of the car’s four-cylinder turbo.   http://blog.caranddriver.com/killer-vs-2015-cadillac-ats-v-headed-to-l-a-auto-show-2016-cadillac-cts-v-follows-hot-on-its-heels-at-detroit/

 

 

 

 

Very cool, be interesting to see what they deliver.

I am curious to see what they do with the CTS-V, I'd assume some variant of the Z06 engine.  The ATS-V and M3 are going to be seriously out powered by the C63 AMG, although I know power isn't the whole story. 

damnit, now I'll probably need to go to LA this year.

I was thinking the same. Let me know how you want to coordinate.