[GMusa]

Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon “likely”

Cadillac’s recently unveiled CTS Sport Wagon promises to provide buyers stylish good looks and sports sedan-like handling, all with the added utility of a wagon. But most enthusiasts aren’t concerned with any of that. For those with desktops of Audi’s RS6 Avant, there’s only one concern – will General Motors produce a V-Series version of the Sport Wagon.

We had a sneaking suspicion that Cadillac was working on a fire-breathing V-Series version of the CTS Sport Wagon, and Automotive News may have incidentally confirmed that suspicion.

Automotive News reports that a V-Series edition of the Sport Wagon is “likely”, although the timeline for such a product remains unclear.

Since the CTS Sport Wagon rides on the exact same platform as the CTS sedan, the hardware is already in place to make the V conversion. GM has already openly admitted that it wants to dethrone the BMW M5 as the world’s premier sports sedan with the CTS-V, so it would seem to make sense that GM would want to knock the Audi RS6 Avant from the top of the hill too.

Cadillac is already planning to launch the CTS Coupe and CTS-V Coupe together, so it’s quite possible that GM’s luxury brand is planning a surprise CTS-V Sport Wagon launch at one of the upcoming auto shows.

Source: http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-cts-v-sport-wagon-likely.html

 

[mbukukanyau]

Great news. Now where is the DTS?? and new XLR?

 

[GMusa]

Great news. Now where is the DTS?? and new XLR?

The DTS should just die off... but i cant wait to see what they come up with for the next-gen XLR!

 

[CamaroCrazy]

For those with desktops of Audi’s RS6 Avant.........

Its on my screen saver along with the M5 touring wagon that we don't see in the States.

CTS-V wagon? Yes please. I'll look forward to picking one off the used lot in 5-7 years when I actually need a wagon.

 

[Corvette C10]

Great news. Now where is the DTS?? and new XLR?

Coming in mid /Late 2010 model year.

 

[jbernie]

This sounds good to me, an estate wagon as they our otherwise known in Eureope can be quite appealing and I am sure there would be a few well off folks over there who would love to knock of the German's on their autobahns in a Cadillac.

CTS variants are going to be important for Cadillac, they are the volume sellers, get these going strong and then people will want to work on moving up into the more expensive models over time.

Have to give GM credit, they may not get everything right, but they are generally very good at gettings things to go fast

 

[rueben44]

Wow no *** ship after years of thinking of it. No real update tot he XLR and real choice below the current CTS. BUT a CTS-V wagon is on the way in say two years.....great. How about a hybrid Cadillac sedan first GM.

 

[91 s-10baja]

wow domestic competition for my buddy's MB E55 Kleeman Wagon!!

 

[jgill16]

i don't know what to say other then OMG! OMG! WOW! M5 eat ur heart out. LOL

 

[CamaroCrazy]

^^^^^^^ that is awesome

 

[Chaz_23]

I don't think that's necessary. Money that could be used toward R&D-ing the next STS.

 

[T-Type]

I don't think that's necessary. Money that could be used toward R&D-ing the next STS.

I don't think much money would be spent to do this. Even though it's a wagon, it's basically the same car as the sedan. Swapping in the drivetrain and interiors should be a no brainer.

 

[Ambalanche]

I agree w/TType but I'd like to see/hear about some kind of progress on the STS/DTS replacement. Last I heard, there wasn't going to be one.

 

[AMcA]

I don't think much money would be spent to do this. Even though it's a wagon, it's basically the same car as the sedan. Swapping in the drivetrain and interiors should be a no brainer.

It ought to ba a no-brainer, but somehow in a big organization like GM they always manage to make this kind of thing into a big brainer. A big brainer so big no one can figure out how to make it happen, and the idea just dies.

How about if it were a by-special-order-only model? In other words, dealers wouldn't stock them, and if you wanted one, you'd buy it sight unseen (except to the extent you can visualize from the sedan, of course). It wouldn't even need to be in the catalog. Just a note that it can be special ordered.

 

[JT87]

They don't sell in huge numbers, but man, overpowered wagons definitely have the 'wicked awesome' factor in buckets. I like the prospects of a CTS-V wagon.

 

[JohnPetrosky2k]

What about the CTC-V? :dro:

 

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[2002 Caddy]

Great news. Now where is the DTS?? and new XLR?

The DTS should just die off... but i cant wait to see what they come up with for the next-gen XLR!

You guys are both right... Take a walk around your neighborhood and count the wagons... OK now eliminate any that are older then 1985... How many are you left with... Zero? Less then that?

At a time when we desperately need cars that SELL we are focused and a gewgaw over a car that will be LUCKY to sell 2000 units annually...

Hands up who has seen a 5 Series wagon? I have... ONE of them... That's it. A friend of my wife had one specially ordered from Stuttgart... Waited 4 months for it. Even the dealer who ordered it for him thought he was nuts. This is his third car and he bought it to drive his dogs to the park... You know to walk them.... Think about that.. yes it makes no sense. The market for a luxury wagon is MINUSCULE...

Instead... as the above posts point out... The market for a large Sedan... Like the DTS or STS is about 20 times as large as the wagon market... Are we bringing in a new Cadillac sedan to compete with the LS's GS's E class, 7, A8? Nope its dead. This was a market that pre2004 the Seville and STS OWNED selling more in North America then the other's combined...

How about high end coupes? Well that market is about 5 times as big as the wagon market... and what the future for the XLR? NONE GM has announced that it too will be dead within 5 years.

So great we are bringing out an "oddball" car that no one wants and killing three that (if built properly) could sell.

GM cars are great, but our product placement, marketing and procduct mix is completely brain dead.

 

[2002 Caddy]

Coming in mid /Late 2010 model year.

Not true, both replacements have been "Placed on hold - indefinitely"

At the VERY earliest we will see a DTS replacement in 2014... But most GM insiders agree that all of the DTS, STS and XLR are dead (without replacements) by 2013.

This leaves Cadillac with the CTS, CTC, CTW? the smaller FWD SRX? and the Escalade... By my count... three variants of one car.

 

[jbernie]

How about a G8 Sport Wagon? I know I know... Keep dreaming...

Well at least the Holden Sportwagon exists as an actual product and not just a concept.... and it looks way better than the Dodge Magnum.