Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
Why 6.3: 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.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The Eaton blower whines over the LSA's 6.2 pushrod V8, which is two good noises stacked on each other. But Cadillac silenced the exhaust for the executive brief and 6,200 rpm ends it early. Below the F-Type for theatre, above most turbo saloons.
8-cylinder · supercharged · 6,200 rpm redline · rated 6.9 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €55k (2012) → €87k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
Outboard rear seats carry LATCH lower anchors and top tethers, standard Sigma-platform layout — one of the more genuinely practical family haulers in this group.
No LATCH hardware in the front seat.
One of the rarest wagons GM built for the US market — manual-only, and gone after the 2014 model year.
FMVSS 225 (US federal LATCH mandate, lower anchors + top tether required from Sept 2002) (owner-community sourced, not manufacturer documentation)
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.