America is finally getting a fast wagon. Let's hope more will follow. If car makers need inspiration, look no further, as these are the ten fastest right here.
10.) Holden HSV Clubsport R8 Tourer
0-62 mph: 5.8 seconds
Top Speed: 160 mph
Available with a supercharged LS3, the HSV Tourer is Australia's CTS-V Wagon. Only less fancy and more brutal.
Yes, it should have become a Pontiac.
Suggested By: daender, Photo Credit: Holden
9.) Dodge Magnum SRT8
0-62 mph: 5.1 seconds
Top speed: 169 mph
Probably the fastest per dollar wagon.
A.k.a. the "unicorn" in the LX (Magnum/300/Charger) world. Very rare and still desirable. Good used ones don't seem to stay on the market long.
0-60 in mid-high 4 second range with minor bolt-ons.
Suggested By: GreenN_Gold, Photo Credit: Ken Paris
8.) Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon
0-62 mph: 4 seconds
Top speed: 179 mph
Not enough? Ring up John Hennessey. He can make it even less fuel efficient.
Suggested By: cazzyodo, Photo Credit: _Tony_B
7.) Ferrari 456 GT Venice
0-62 mph: 5.1 seconds
Top speed: 186 mph
It's not the fastest by far, and it's not really a production car with 7 built, but I don't care. Pininfarina's Sultan of Brunei specials are the most awesome wagons ever.
Suggested By: Braking Bad, Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons
6.) Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon
0-62 mph: 3.5 seconds
Top speed: 186 mph
There was the Mallet with a 6.0 SOHC V8. Then the AMG S73 T W140 with the V12 from the first Zonda. Brabus used the same engine to create with the E V12T.
The tradition continues. At Brabus too.
Suggested By: Kate's Dirty Sister, Photo Credit: sam badeo
5.) Audi RS6 Avant
0-62 mph: 3.7 seconds
Top speed: 190 mph
The RS2 Avant is what has started it all. The current RS6 Avant is where the race ends. You simply won't be able to catch it in the wet.
Suggested By: Automatch- the Avanthusiast, Photo Credit: Audi
4.) Alpina B5 Biturbo Touring
0-62 mph: 4.3
Top speed: 198 mph
Alpinas were never meant to be the fastest cars out there. They are more about refinement. Still, since BMW refused to make a new M5 Touring, Alpina offers a rather sufficient substitute.
Suggested By: 02BMW530, Photo Credit: Jalopnik
3.) BMW M5 Touring
0-62 mph: 4.5 seconds
Top speed: 205 mph
They've only built 1025 E61 wagons. It's a 205 mph wagon.
Suggested By: Braking Bad, Photo Credit: කේදාර KhE 龙
2.) Bentley Continental Supersports Flying Star
0-62 mph: 3.9 seconds
Top speed: 205 mph
Touring Superleggera will build no more than 19 of these three-door wagons with a 6L W12, following the line of such cars as the Aston Martin Vantage or the Maserati Quattroporte wagons.
Like a boss.
Suggested By: POD, Photo Credit: Daviel Stosca
1.) Volvo 850 BTCC
0-62 mph: 6.5 seconds
Top speed: 155 mph
It might be the least powerful car on the list, but it's also the lightest. Geared to be fast on the track, the BTCC 850 is the craziest wagon ever made.
Suggested By: FerMorcillo, Photo Credit: Volvo
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