Andy
09-27-2008, 01:54 PM
Filed under: Wagons/Estates (http://www.autoblog.com/category/wagons/), Etc. (http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/), Euro (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Cadillac (http://www.autoblog.com/category/cadillac/), GM (http://www.autoblog.com/category/gm/), Rumormill (http://www.autoblog.com/category/rumormill/)
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Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
Put your checkbook away. As desirable as a CTS wagon in hot-rod V trim is, it's not here yet. The CTS Sport Wagon was developed as a way to offer the European market a configuration that's sure to sell, and it's headed to North America by the end of next year. When the Caddy wagon finally gets here, it will have the excellent 3.6-liter V6 providing power. Wagons aren't great sellers here, though, so the CTS Sport Wagon will likely be a niche model, dashing most of our hope that Cadillac will put its hottest powertrain in the two-box car just like BMW, Mercedes and Audi do.
The hardware port would be mostly a snap. The supercharged V8 is ready to go and the CTS-V has been developed around that engine, so there's suspension and drivetrain parts already on the shelf, and the V has already set the style direction for bodywork tweaks. While we won't be holding our breath for a CTS-V Sport Wagon that can rip off 12-second quarters while hauling 120 cubic feet of stuff, Cadillac's David Caldwell points out that the pre-existing hardware would make it "a relatively easy add." A high price - though still less than the German SuperWagens - wouldn't help the sales case, and really, there's only like ten of us wagon freaks, anyway. It probably won't happen, but it could, and it would be quite a welcome respite from those high-CG truck-lookin' things.
Gallery: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct012_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038504/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct013_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038503/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct014_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038502/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/x10ca_ct001-1280_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/976498/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/x10ca_ct002-1280_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/976495/)
[Source: Inside Line (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=131811)]
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Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
Put your checkbook away. As desirable as a CTS wagon in hot-rod V trim is, it's not here yet. The CTS Sport Wagon was developed as a way to offer the European market a configuration that's sure to sell, and it's headed to North America by the end of next year. When the Caddy wagon finally gets here, it will have the excellent 3.6-liter V6 providing power. Wagons aren't great sellers here, though, so the CTS Sport Wagon will likely be a niche model, dashing most of our hope that Cadillac will put its hottest powertrain in the two-box car just like BMW, Mercedes and Audi do.
The hardware port would be mostly a snap. The supercharged V8 is ready to go and the CTS-V has been developed around that engine, so there's suspension and drivetrain parts already on the shelf, and the V has already set the style direction for bodywork tweaks. While we won't be holding our breath for a CTS-V Sport Wagon that can rip off 12-second quarters while hauling 120 cubic feet of stuff, Cadillac's David Caldwell points out that the pre-existing hardware would make it "a relatively easy add." A high price - though still less than the German SuperWagens - wouldn't help the sales case, and really, there's only like ten of us wagon freaks, anyway. It probably won't happen, but it could, and it would be quite a welcome respite from those high-CG truck-lookin' things.
Gallery: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct012_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038504/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct013_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038503/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/x10ca_ct014_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/1038502/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/x10ca_ct001-1280_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/976498/)http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/08/x10ca_ct002-1280_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-cadillac-cts-sport-wagon/976495/)
[Source: Inside Line (http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=131811)]
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