As the Sport Utility Vehicle trend is fading away fast as it was coming, motor manufacturers are trying to fill that gap. So what to better fill that gap then to bring back the wagon style, but this time with a more sporty look. Cadillac is giving the green light to mass produce the 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon. But really, do you really need a 6.2-liter V-8 with a 556 horspower and 551 pound-feet of torque engine inside this sport wagon? It just doesn’t mean if you can stick a V8 engine anywhere that you can.
The wagon style wasn’t popular back in the 80s because of many reasons. We ditched the wagon back in the 80s because it wasn’t practical in first place. It had a bad connotation of being “your parents’” car. Sure it can carry more grocery, and so does can my sedan. The cargo space is too small to carry anything big, and too big to carry anything small that my car can also carry. And don’t tell me that is cool because you can stub your guitar and surfboard in there, because my car can do that also. It makes no economic sense at all when GM is trying to recover from bankruptcy, and at the same time is trying to bring such wasteful, unimaginative cars to the market. We don’t need a another gas guzzler sport wagon car, especially when gasoline prices hover around $3.25 per gallon.
Bob Lutz hinted back in July that the CTS-V wagon may be mass produced and CEO Fritz Henderson dropped an even stronger hint at the vehicle’s development in August to bring the wagon look back with the introduction of the Cadillac CTS-V. Here is a hint for you Mr. CEO’s, if it wasn’t popular then, it wouldn’t be now either. Just look at Dodge Magnum as a failed example.
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nice!! i think i like that better than the sedan
Pretty good looking…but I thought thats what the SRX segment for Cadillac. Are people even buying station wagons anymore?
It looks nice, but I still would prefer the sedan, simply because I am not moving that much cargo
i want that so badly! even more than the Sedan!!!
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THAT THING IS HOT!!!