Not many good things are happening in the world right now, but we can smile for a moment knowing that there's someone out there owning a supercharged and turbocharged Cadillac CTS-V Wagon capable of going 200 mph on the drag strip. Making triple the amount of power that a stock CTS-V Wagon develops, this beast comes complete with a parachute for obvious reasons.

Wagons as drag cars, that's something we can get behind

As the fastest version of the second-gen CTS, the CTS-V sported the supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V-8 that also delivered 551 pound-feet of torque from 3,800 rpm. That was a lot nearly a decade ago when the car was introduced, and it's a lot even today, but it certainly isn't that much for some people.

Cadillac CTS-V Wagon specifications

Engine

6.2-liter, V-8

Horsepower (hp / kW @ rpm):

556 / 415 @ 6100

Torque (lb-ft / Nm @ rpm):

551 / 747 @ 3800


With a hole in the back for the 106-millimeter, rear-mounted turbo (that also required the deletion of the rear quarter windows for extra airflow), this CTS-V Wagon pretty much makes its intentions clear from the word go. Fat drag tires and the parachute in the back help as well. What you don't see at first is that this car is actually heavier than the standard version.

Because of all of the mods (that include a roll-cage and a racing-spec fuel cell, combined with the fact that there's still a rear seat, the car weighs at least 4,400 pounds, which makes this Caddy not only the first CTS-V Wagon to do 200 mph but also among the heaviest cars in the world that can reach Ferrari F40 speeds. Admittedly, to pull it off, it needs massive amounts of power.

How much, you ask? We don't know, and neither does the owner because the dyno on which the car was tested maxed out at 1,700 horsepower, so the car might as well have 1,800 ponies at full boost. All of that power goes through the factory standard six-speed manual that somehow copes with all of it. Torque is massive too, and it's all to clear that the CTS-V's rather diminutive aero package can't keep up with the fury of the car as the car squats under heavy acceleration. Yet, somehow, it is still street legal and "a lot of fun" on the road.