Cadillac’s $70,000 Monster Wagon Leaves Mad Max, Mel in Dust

There’s something about the desert that always makes you feel like you’re crawling along, even in a 556-horsepower monster like the CTS-V Wagon. Even with the accelerator sunk to the floor, Joshua trees swing slowly by, supplicating arms outstretched to the gray, turbulent sky.

I’m in the Mojave, outside of Los Angeles, the two-lane highway bereft of traffic and the weather threatening lightning storms. My ride is a Cadillac.