Cadillac News: Rumorpile: Has Cadillac Stopped Production Of ATS Manual?

[William Maley]

William Maley

Staff Writer - CheersandGears.com

October 24, 2012

If you have been reading any of the comparison tests of the new Cadillac ATS and the competition, you would have notice a reoccurring complaint; the six-speed manual transmission stinks. Apparently Cadillac is taking those criticisms to heart.

A source tells Motor Trend that Cadillac has stopped production of ATSs equipped with the six-speed manual to fix complaints of the six-speed being awful. The fix involves moving to a softer bushing setup in the transmission.

The fix will will be made before any cars equipped with the manual make it into the hands of consumers, meaning no recall.

Source: Motor Trend

William Maley is a staff writer for Cheers & Gears. He can be reached at william.maley@cheersandgears.com or you can follow him on twitter at @realmudmonster.

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[G. David Felt]

While I know not everyone is good at a manual tranny, I am surprised that I did not see this more with all the reviews I read, only a couple complained, but guess more than a couple if GM is truly doing this.

Just glad GM is listening to feedback and truly responding to make things better.

[Drew Dowdell]

I drove the 6-speed manual, I found it to be a nice shifting car. Still, if there is an issue, good to see Cadillac reacting to it so quickly.

[BigPontiac]

Very good news! The manual trans has been the major flaw in all the reviews...glad to see they're taking care of it.

[Z-06]

Good news. Very proactive effort.

[hyperv6]

GM has been getting better and faster at addressing isuses.

My 04 GTP took nearly a year to fix the bouncing headlamps with a simple metal bracket.

I like the fix it and fix it now kind of action.

[ocnblu]

Good.

[Intrepidation]

C&D too big issue with it, good to see it's being fixed.

[regfootball]

i am sure they have no issue freeing up production for the automatics

[BigPontiac]

GM probably watched this video and decided to take action.