2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Officially Announced

The 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon will soon be joined by its own V-Series performance edition. The 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, long rumored to be in the works, will officially go on sale towards the end of 2010 according to General Motors. The announcement clears up months of speculation as to whether the wagon – which is the first ever to be built by GM’s premier luxury division – would join the Cadillac CTS sedan in receiving a serious injection of performance and power.

While the 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon is certainly no slouch itself, with an available 3.6-liter V-6 engine generating over 300 horsepower, the CTS-V edition takes things to an entirely new level. The most obvious difference between the two models can be found under the hood, where the CTS-V Sport Wagon features a 6.2-liter V-8 engine that makes use of a supercharger to generate a startling 556 horsepower and 551 lb-ft of torque. These numbers are good enough to make the vehicle the most powerful, and quickest wagon ever built by an American car company. Given that the wagon shares as much as 85 percent of its components with the 2010 Cadillac CTS-V sedan, the paltry 200 lb weight gain associated with the covered cargo compartment means that family hauler is also identically quick. Cadillac expects zero to 60 mile per hour times under four seconds. The vehicle offers a rear-wheel drive layout matched with either a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic transmission, with the latter featuring shift controls mounted on the steering wheel.