Despite being coveted by nearly every single member of the automotive media, and the crown jewel of wagon enthusiasts everywhere, the Cadillac CTS-V SportWagon didn’t sell in droves. Mostly because automotive writers cannot afford a vehicle that starts at $64,515, and the current American market climate seems to shy away from any car with five doors. Such reasons are probably why the world will not see the a next-generation CTS wagon as the all-new model begins production this fall.
This also means that the CTS-V wagon is extremely rare. How rare? Only 1,200 of the 556 hp station wagons have been sold since its introduction — .05 percent of all second-generation CTS sales, according to a Tweet let out by DCAutoGeek. That’s all. That’s it. So for those of you hoping for some depreciation down the road, good luck.
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Again. Proof that wagons do not sell.
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No, it proves they made 1200. I’m sure they all sold.
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but it does make it one of the collectibles
Even the non V is a rare bird.
I hope this is a lesson to many that todays market is just not calling for a car wagon, Many have tried time and time again only to end up with a car that is discontinued again in the American market. Now in Europe it is a different story.
Americans was tall wagon like vehicles that drive like a car. Like em or hate them but look at any parking lot and they have replaced the Minivan. It is a combo that women who buy over half of all new cars love and a vehicle a man has less issue being seen in.
We have a Terrain because that is what the wife wanted and she is the one that had to drive it. I was ok with it as I like it too. But it if were a mini van I would never be seen in it or drive it.
I really would have loved a Tahoe but would not justify the price or MPG.
I just love those who call for a Cruze diesel wagon with a manual. Imagine how few of those would sell?
“I just love those who call for a Cruze diesel wagon with a manual. Imagine how few of those would sell?”
Probably better in a unit to unit comparison between it and the CTS wagon; the Cruze’s price advantage would sell more.
Then again, I don’t see many Cruzes anyway.
Where are you living? Cruzes are like Cock Roaches in a Chicago apartment building …everywhere.
The issue is not price as even cheaper wagons have failed in the last few years here in the lower price classes. Most were supported with sales overseas.
For any wagon to work here it has to make the NA market a secondary market and sell much better elsewhere.
It can be done but they really need to have a established market somewhere else to carry the load.
I do not hate wagons and loved the CTS wagon but no matter the model it has to hold enough of a segment to make a profit. With the model we have seen of late none have done so.
I would love to see a shooting brake CTS but a 2 door wagon would not even make CTSV wagon sales numbers.
The higher the price the less they have to sell but even the CTS numbers were not strong enough.
At least they tried.
Didn’t they only need to sell 12 (twelve) to recover development costs over the CTS-V + regular wagon and had no real sales goal for the CTS-V wagon. It was done because they could.
The real goal of this car was to sell it in Europe and sell a few here. The distributor for Cadillac vanished around the time the wagon came to market pretty much leaving it DOA here in the states. They had little choice but to still try to sell it and recoup as much investment as they could.
If they go back to Europe again I would expect they may try this again but not with just the NA market as the prime target
Proof that we Americans don’t know a good thing when we have it…though I’d venture to guess the shockingly low mpg didn’t help. That said. My God what a sweet car.
I think if Cadillac is to increase its world wide appeal, they need to continue to take risks like the wagon. I’ve talked to family in Germany who’d much rather drive Cadzilla than any of their domestic offerings. That is how a fan base starts- cars people aspire to own, even if they cannot afford to buy it yet.
Get people to speak the Cadillac name along with the the others…sorry for the digression!!
I wonder? How many of those 1200 have the 6 speed manual? That’ll define “collectable” going forward.
Maybe 10%?
So 120.
The only other real collectable wagons are the 2 door 55 56 57 nomads. And they built a lot more than 1200.
Sedan deliveries and woodies are also big ticket cars.
Many woody wagons are now six figure cars.
True, but I think the woodies are wanted because of the wood more than the wagon part.
don’t forget the 1957 Holiday Olds Wagons! Those are definitely collectible and highly sought after as well.
I can think of plenty of collectible wagons, Chevy or otherwise.
just bought a CTS-V wagon to replace my recently expired mini-van, at the urging of my automotive engineering son…and yea, (I learned to drive in a Ford pickup with a stick on the column)…looked for a manual, to no avail, knowing the collectibility would skyrocket…but not willing to pay the price for a special order when a dealer had one on the lot he was desperate to sell during the 0% event this month…settleded (a bit) for an automatic, but soooo happy!
A much larger number then you would think were manuals. About 1/3 of the Wagons produced were manuals.
I have a 2012 CTS-V wagon, 6 spd manual. All options, except I passed on the “pimpy” diamond black and got the regular black exterior and black interior. My dealer, Sewell, in Dallas brought a few wagons in, including a couple manuals, and sold me exactly what I was looking for with no special order required…of course I had to wait about 4 months, but it was worth it. This is the fastest car I’ve ever owned, and I can haul 15 bags of mulch in it from Home Depot. I’ve seen a few of these wagons, mostly in CA, but never a manual like mine. BTW, this is my company car…they told me I had to get an American made four door…so I complied. 😉