Cadillac CTS-V Wagon

The Cadillac CTS-V wagon is the fastest production wagon ever made, a model based of the Cadillac CTS-V sedan which is the fastest production sedan. The CTS-V wagon’s engine is at the front, it is rear wheel drive, has five doors, and has enough seating for 5 passengers. The CTS-V wagon can do it all such as, taking sharp corners, devastates the ego of others at a stoplight, hauling kids, and anything that you can put in through the hatch or on the roof. The CTS-V wagon gained three consecutive ten best trophies. Everyone with a coupe should look out because if you are at a stoplight next to a Cadillac CTS-V wagon and think you will beat it, think again because the only thing you will see is the taillights of the wagon. They decide to build the car a different way to try it out and see if their changes made much difference to the car's performance. The seats that are in the CTS-V wagon ar Recaro seats that cost $3400 and the faux suede wrapped steering wheel and shifter knob were $300. The midnight sapele wood trim that was installed was $600. It then got a set of Pirelli Winter 240 Sottozero tires that cost $1222. The CTS-V offered a large abundance of power, a smooth ride, and has a very eager to corner chassis. Going from standstill to 60 mph, it only took the wagon 4.1 seconds and the quarter mile was a 12.3 seconds at 119 mph. That is very quick for a wagon but the Cadillac CTS-V wagon was based on the Cadillac CTS-V sedan so the motor and transmission are the same but the design is different. Cadillac has such a good chassis design that Ferrari actually borrowed ideas from Cadillac for their upcoming cars.  The 4393 pound wagon was able to stop in 158 feet from a speed of 70 mph. Every 2011 and newer Cadillac comes with a four year or 50,000 mile free scheduled maintenance. On the onboard computer it said that they needed five services over a 40,000 mile test. The scheduled services were basic and included a multipoint inspection and an oil change and filter change. The air filter element never came on in the 40,000 mile test. Due to the potholes in Michigan, when they switched from the winter to summer tires they found that there was a bent wheel which cost $625. The dealer had to inspect a clicking noise that ended up being in the steering. The upper intermediate shaft in the column was bad and needed to be replaced but warranty covered the fix so there was no out of pocket expense. After spraying off 2500 miles' worth of road trip bugs in a carwash caused the right rear window to roll down and refused to go back up. At the local dealer, they got the glass closed and they disconnected the window motor so that the CTS-V could make it back to Michigan. The dealer at home then reconnected the wiring and found that a faulty window regulator was the problem, which was replaced but came back. After another 3000 miles, the window problem reappeared. The carwash activated the problem again and the dealer regreased the electrical connections in the door's wiring, and the operation returned to normal. Then it rained and the problem reappeared yet again so the dealer replaced the wiring harness in the right rear door when they discovered that there was corrosion on some of the connections. None of the fixes cost them anything because they were covered with warranty. The CTS-V wagon's fuel tank only holds 18 gallons and the typically refill was after every 200 miles of travel. The wagon has 556 horsepower that averaged 15 mpg which is 6 mpg worse than the 2008 Lexus IS F that netted 416 horsepower and only 1 mpg better than the 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 over a 40,000 mile test. The clutch return spring broke which didn't cost anything but the summer tires wore out quicker and cost $2072 to replace. The wagon was tested at Virginia International Raceway and performed almost as well as the CTS-V sedan that was tested in 2008. The wagon showed the wear when the wagon was 0.1 seconds slower from zero to 60 and the quarter mile speed was 1 mph slower. The braking distance grew by a yard from new to 40,000 miles. The wagon has a supercharged 376 V8 that produces 551 lb-ft of torque at 3800 rpm and 556 horsepower at 6100 rpm. It has a six speed manual transmission. Zero to 60 mph was 4.1 seconds and the zero to 100 mph in 9.1 seconds. From a 5 mph roll, the Cadillac CTS-V wagon got to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds. For the people out there that like speed, the zero to 150 mph time was 21.3 seconds, which is pretty quick for that heavy of a car. The top speed of the wagon is 190 mph which is very quick especially for a wagon. Getting the wagon to a stop from 70 to 0 mph takes 158 feet. The wagon only gets 15 mpg and runs on premium gas and if premium gas costs an average of $3.50 per gallon, the owner will end up spending around $9333 in a matter of 40,000 miles of driving. If you want a family car that has plenty of power, the CTS-V wagon is a good car for you if you can afford the base price of $64,340. Also if you want a car that people at stoplights don’t realize the power and you want to surprise them, the CTS-V wagon is the car for you. People should respect this wagon especially since it has 556 horses because it will dominate them. Though it seems that after the Cadillac CTS-V wagon for 40,000 miles, it may be a good idea to go and buy a new one that way you don’t have to start putting money in repairs and replacing tires.