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Pics Aplenty: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon beauty shots
Click for a hi-res gallery of the Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
Few icons are as synonymous with the American automobile as Cadillac and the station wagon, so it may come as a surprise that Cadillac has never officially offered a station wagon to American customers in its 106-year long history. Sure, there was the SRX crossover that came rather close, and the enormous Escalade SUV, as well. Cadillac even offers the BLS as a wagon, but that's only for overseas customers. Depending on which way you look at it, the new Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon may not be it either. Even with its edgy styling, the extended-roof CTS blurs the line between wagon and hatchback.
The initial trio of CTS Sport Wagon shots released last month may not have shown the new Caddy's best side, but Cadillac has now put out a whole slew of new images which, in our opinion at least, better portray the sharp lines we took in at Pebble Beach and are sure to catch people's attention in mall parking lots and soccer fields of America after it goes on sale here next spring. Check out the new images in the gallery below, and our live shots from Monterey in the gallery below that to see for yourself.
Gallery: 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
[Source: Cadillac]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
AkulaX1 2:37PM (9/16/2008)
This looks so much better than those bimmers audi's and benzes
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aaron 2:47PM (9/16/2008)
Which one's? All of the wagons made by the germans? Because Audi's wagons are pretty damn good looking.
Regardless, a new sport wagon is actually going to be sold in the US. Volvo does not count. Maybe the 300C, but ehhhh...
AkulaX1 3:14PM (9/16/2008)
Well I didn't mean just Germans in general but yeah those wagons. Don't get me wrong I also like Audi's wagons because they do look damn good but to me personally the shape of this caddy looks much smoother from the back and I've already seen cts's on the street and they look incredible from the front as well. But that's just my opinion.
aaron 4:10PM (9/16/2008)
That's fine, I was just trying to figure out which one you didn't like. I agree, the CTS is defintely "smoother looking"...and cheaper, too.
mykul 2:37PM (9/16/2008)
The C-pillar still bothers me and ruins what is otherwise a sleek design ...
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Ekow 2:46PM (9/16/2008)
That my friends...looks like Rosanne Barr's right butt-cheek! NOT GOOD. I agree with that C-pillar....way too thick.
And I like a good rear on a car, but Sir Mix-Alot would say 'woop, woop...pull over that ass too fat!'
BoxerFanatic 2:46PM (9/16/2008)
AMEN.
They could have re-shaped the rear window glass, raised the rear door window frames, and extended the rear quarter glass all the way to the tail lights, or left a parallel painted D-pillar, and it would have looked better.
But with the rake of the quarter windows not matching the rake of the tail lights, being wider at the top than the bottom, looks unbalanced, and not as attractive as the rest of the details on the car.
Aside from that, it looks very nice...
Perhaps if it were black, and the window arch line were blacked out, and the windows tinted dark, (leaving the window sill chrome as a strikethrough line) maybe then it would look sleeker, and mask the D-pillar lines.
TJ 2:48PM (9/16/2008)
Agree. That c-pillar is begging to get someone killed.
Alex 3:16PM (9/16/2008)
Agreed, that D-pillar is god awful and kills the look of the car for me. If i'm picking a luxury wagon, i'm going with Audi.
thomas 2:40PM (9/16/2008)
i just got off the phone with saab they want their tail lights back....
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Torrent 2:59PM (9/16/2008)
Well tell that to every last gen Mitsubishi Lancer Wagon, Hyundai i30, and every other hatchback sold in europe.
thomas 7:16PM (9/16/2008)
well those are just tail lights that go up above the beltline and onto the D pillar, but this specifically looks like the 9-3 sport combi tails. not to mention saab is Cadillac's GM stablemate....
jamie 2:45PM (9/16/2008)
Okay. The first time I saw this concept, I thought "No Way, Jose!"
But now, I do like it more than the BMW or Mercedes versions. Lutz...you done it again! Kudos.
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Jim in Tampa 2:46PM (9/16/2008)
My next car will probably be a premium station wagon. So I hope the Caddy is worthy of consideration.
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bob 2:50PM (9/16/2008)
the wheels make it. looks great.
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Benfolio 2:55PM (9/16/2008)
Couldn't disagree with you more. Wheels are ruining it for me, I hate how everyone is going to this "Euro" split end spoke design.
John 2:54PM (9/16/2008)
That rear 3/4 view is brutal. I like the back, but that D pillar mess, with the odd angles of glass, and nothing really lining up makes it pretty unattractive.
It's like a professional designed the front, a professional designed the rear, and then the intern was left to connect the two.
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J M C 3 2:59PM (9/16/2008)
C pillar makes it look like it has a pituitary problem.
Caddy always made a little nod to funkiness and excess ('59 tailfins ) in the past.Maybe this is what this is.
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dkw 3:04PM (9/16/2008)
Maybe I’m the only one, but I’ll offer a dissenting opinion: I think this is just ugly. To me it looks completely out of proportion. I have never warmed up to Cadillac’s styling theme, and this isn’t helping.
I will be the first to say that I think this car’s interior is first-rate, and its performance is superb. I know it is completely subjective, but I think the exterior styling ruins an exceptional car.
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RayJ 3:17PM (9/16/2008)
Amazing product! Cadillac hit it out of the park with this one.
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