Wired from Detroit

摘要

Long a purveyor of lumbering land barges, Cadillac has released its first compact sedan in more than 30 years: the ATS. Engineers designed the ATS to compete with BMW's renowned 3-Series. To make it fast and agile, they replaced heavy steel components with aluminum, drilled "lightening holes" in structural parts, and slimmed down the fasteners that hold components together. Then they added the gadgetry, including seats that vibrate to deliver safety warnings and a capacitive navigation screen that pulses upon touch.