It will be a high-performance of the sport wagon built at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant. The limited-run version will be added to the plant's lineup, alongside the standard wagon and the CTS and STS sedans.

The sedans also have "V" versions.

Vehicles in the Cadillac V-series are high-performance variants of existing Cadillac models and produced in smaller numbers than other more standard versions. The Cadillac CTS has been made at the Lansing Grand River plant since 2001 and the standard coupe version of the CTS is scheduled to go into production next year,. A V-series version of the CTS sedan is already in production.

"The CTS-V Sport Wagon is a natural extension of both the V-Series and the CTS lineup, offering an uncompromising performance car to enthusiasts who want the extra room of a wagon," Don Butler, vice president for Cadillac marketing, said in a statement.

The CTS-V wagon features a 556 horsepower supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine, six-speed transmission and other features.

The CTS-V Sport Wagon will go into production in late 2010, with initial sales in North America, followed by export markets including Europe and the Middle East. 

The addition of the V wagon won't mean new workers will be hired at the Lansing Grand River plant's work force of 1,216.

"The V series are usually not high-volume products, so it would be a V that's just added into our regular production schedule," plant spokeswoman Heidi Magyar said.

Though it doesn't mean more jobs, the Sport Wagon V is good news to workers at the Lansing Grand River plant, said Mike Green, president of United Auto Workers Local 652.

"Every little bit helps," he said. "The more choices you have, the more customers you have."

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