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"Hey, pal, you got a problem with station wagons?   I don&amp;#039;t. Dad was president of the city council in Middleton, Wisconsin and bought the police chief&amp;#039;s car when it went out of service. These were wagons with Thunderbird and Police Interceptor V-8s, as adept at chasing down fires and perps and going for groceries. Cars to respect. Good for 120 mph, even if the tires probably weren&amp;#039;t.   Not all U.S. models fit on the Venerated Wagon list, such as GM&amp;#039;s whale-like clamshell wagons of the early 1970s. Or any wagon with plastic wood siding. Detroit had chances to continue the good stuff. We still wonder why Ford didn&amp;#039;t build a proper wagon. Then the vehicular herpes known as the SUV infected the nation and wagons were shunned.   and made valiant attempts: Mercedes still sells the elegant E-Class wagon and BMW has the neat little 3 Series, so they are trying. Bless for its trio of Avants. And a tip of the hat to Saab for the 9-3x and Volvo for the V50R.   And to for the CTS-V Sport Wagon and its .  Mind you the Sport Wagon load area isn&amp;#039;t the huge cavern some wagons once were, but it is very handy space, easy to get to and, hey guys, it&amp;#039;s enough to bring home a good-size flat-screen TV. But enough of practicality. First, this sport wagon looks the part, Caddy up front, arguably a more balance look along the side than its coupe sibling and a downright elegant rear 3/4. Power tailgate too.   There is a full lineup of CTS wagons, a pair of V-6s, rear or all-wheel drive, but we&amp;#039;re for the crusher, the with its 556-bhp supercharged V-8 that doles out 551 lb.-ft. of torque. Add a 6-speed manual or automatic, Brembo brakes and Magnetic Ride Control (yup, same basic system Ferrari uses) and enjoy yourself.   So with a 0-60 mph time around 4.0 seconds and other performance numbers that give nothing away to the CTS-V sedan and coupe, the station wagon\u2014oops, Sport Wagon\u2014comes away as one of the great U.S. haulers of all time.   Just one problem. The difference between trundling to the store for chips and dip and rushing up on jailable speeds is about an inch-and-a-half of throttle push. Few cars in the world can make the jump from civilized to civil penalties as seamlessly as any Cadillac CTS-V.   Well, really, it&amp;#039;s not so much a problem as a situation...deal with it. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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