Entering the market for hot-rod station wagons, General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has confirmed to Car and Driver that it's going to build a 556-horsepower CTS-V version of the new Cadillac luxury hauler.Interesting move. Doesn't cost GM much since it's a simple matter to drop the big engine into the new CTS sport wagon. It could claim some of the market still smarting over the demise of Chrysler's Dodge Magnum, which Drive On thinks history may judge as one of the coolest cars of all time. But a CTS-V wagon certainly won't add to GM's corporate fuel-economy luster:
C&D says the CTS-V sedan is a hot little performer, with a zero to 60 mile-per-hour burst in less than four seconds. And the wagon version of the CTS is a real head-turner. Developed from a European version, it first appeared at last year's Pebble Beach show. It could be a worthy design successor to Magnum. Now, Caddy's high-powered competition will be imports, starting with 580-hp Audi RS6 Avant.
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