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2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon 3.6 – Short Take Road Test

By On August 18th, 2009

Americans still don’t like wagons, and that’s a shame—this one’s a beaut.

When the national dalliance with SUVs seemed to put the entire country in a knobby-tired trance, we muttered to ourselves: Why would anyone want to ruin a perfectly good wagon by giving it a high center of gravity? The public responded to our grousing by clogging the roads with Ford Explorers and their ilk.

For the most part, we like wagons: They don’t sit high; they handle and perform like the cars upon which they’re based; and they can haul more stuff than sedans. But for some reason, wagons have left a bad taste in the mouths of American drivers. Hearing the word triggers a flashback of some horrific family vacation or the long arm of daddy unleashing a flurry of slaps rearward from the front seat.

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