
Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
Reference — shown, never scored
Why 8.1: A supercharged V8, a stick, and a longroof — the spec sheet enthusiasts invoke like scripture, built by Cadillac of all people. The few manual wagons get driven hard and hoarded simultaneously, somehow.
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · $60k (2012) → $95k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
The long version
This is the car enthusiast forums manifested into existence by demanding it loudly enough, and the buyers who actually wrote the check tend to match the forum profile — people who wanted one vehicle that could do a school run and a track day without swapping keys. Manual-transmission examples get a scarcity premium now, which nudges some owners toward garage weekends instead of grocery runs, but the wagon body still does real hauling duty in a way its sedan sibling rarely gets asked to. It is a spec sheet built as a joke that turned out to have owners driving it seriously.