What is your opinion on the ATS's future reliability?

 

still not at the level of the Lexus but, as much as I dislike domestic cars, they have been getting much much better. GM is serious......finally.

 

I agreed with I8ABMR, not at Lexus' level. But maybe better than the Germans?

 

I don't even give it that. Buick has been above average over the past decade, but Caddy has been unable to duplicate that. Consumer Reports (yes--I said it) still rates most Caddy products average or below avg.

 

In this study it is higher than BMW, Audi & VW.

 

Uhhh things have changed. Acura and Infiniti have some average years and Benz and audi have had some great ones. It's no longer just assumed Japanese is good and German/American is bad, especially since production is all over the world.

I would have no issues giving the ATS a shot and would not be worried about reliability.

 

I look at it like good students. GM is an F student who has aced a few mid term exams. This still doesnt make them an A student. Just an F student who did well on a few exams.

You want to be an A student..........Ace them all......like Lexus

 

Well said I8ABMR

 

It's been reported that some of Caddy's issues are related to the CUE system.

 

The problem with the ATS is the cacophonous 3.6L

 

Nice

 

GM is hardly an F student, though. Look at the bottom of that list. No GM brands. I wouldn't buy or not buy any GM product today because of reliability concerns. I would actually be concerned about reliability were it a VW product, or a Chrysler group product. If I'm buying a Jag or Land Rover it's purely for snob appeal and reliability wouldn't be a concern.

 

I would trust most GM products (aka, Cadillac and Buick) on major mechanical reliability over Audi and BMW any day.

 

The reason Cadillac has gotten a bad wrap is the FWD Northstar V8 cars that were their bread and butter back in the 90's and early 00's. Cars with that motor were a serious POS with multiple common problems(Deville, Seville, Eldorado, same issues) besides them blowing headgaskets.

IMO they've come A LONG way in the past 10 years, both in the design/engineering of their cars, and in terms of reliability/ownership costs.

 

The poll groupings make no sense at all.. Geez.....