---
title: "An Honest-To-God Brown Manual Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Can Be Yours For $52,000"
description: "Time to put your money where your mouths are, enthusiasts."
date: "2020-02-28"
modified: "2020-02-28"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/32393/an-honest-to-god-brown-manual-cadillac-cts-v-wagon-can-be-yours-for-52000"
categories:
  - "Cadillac News"
  - "Culture"
  - "For Sale"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Cadillac"
  - "Wagon"
---

# An Honest-To-God Brown Manual Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Can Be Yours For $52,000

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There's a running joke on the automotive internet about how the only car a true enthusiast really wants or needs is a brown, [manual wagon](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25377/the-worlds-last-brand-new-saab-for-sale-is-a-diesel-manual-9-3-station-wagon>)—sold used from the factory, of course. Naturally, cars optioned to actually fit that bill are extremely rare and when one presents itself, it's a special day.

Therefore, I hereby declare the 28th of February Brown Manual Wagon Day (or [B.M.W. Day](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/29757/the-alpina-b3-touring-is-the-hot-bmw-wagon-we-cant-have>) for short) because spotted for sale on [Carmax](<https://www.carmax.com/car/18268385>) is undoubtedly one of the greatest and rarest examples of the breed: a 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon with the row-your-own six-speed finished in Mocha Steel Metallic. Yep, it's a brown, manual, American luxury wagon with a 6.2-liter supercharged V8.

![message-editor%2F1582907612399-ctsvrear.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907612399-ctsvrear.jpg>)
**Carmax**

Price-wise, Carmax appears to—excuse the expression—know what it has, asking $51,998 for the privilege of owning what's gotta be one of the rarest vehicles to ever roll off a GM assembly line. Other CTS-Vs from that generation are currently being listed on the same site for anywhere between $30,000 and $40,000 depending on mileage and condition. For more perspective, nearly $52k is a couple grand more than what you'd pay for a *brand new* base example of [Caddy's admittedly great CT5-V](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/32169/2020-cadillac-ct5-v-review-nailing-luxury-performance>) and, if we're really gonna think like an online car buff, just $8k shy of an option-free [mid-engined Corvette](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32353/what-the-world-needs-now-is-a-chevy-corvette-c8-doing-donuts>).

![message-editor%2F1582907692366-10.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907692366-10.jpg>)
*Carmax*

![message-editor%2F1582907696775-21.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907696775-21.jpg>)
*Carmax*

![message-editor%2F1582907701511-20.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907701511-20.jpg>)
*Carmax*

![message-editor%2F1582907705864-19.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907705864-19.jpg>)
*Carmax*

![message-editor%2F1582907710062-23.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1582907710062-23.jpg>)
*Carmax*

However, you can't put a price on internet points and for those who spend most of their outgoing bandwidth lamenting the lack of manual transmissions, un-lifted wagons, [big-V-8s](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/32154/cadillac-wont-be-using-the-blackwing-v-8-anymore-and-thats-a-shame>), and creative colors in modern cars, here's your chance to put your money where your mouth is.

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## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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