The Sport Wagon Enthusiast

782 hp Hennessey CTS-V Romps Quarter, Standing Mile

If you’re a wagon fanatic, you’ve undoubtedly seen Hennessey’s 700 horsepower CTS-V “Hammer Wagon.” But have you seen it run the quarter mile with drag slicks and a 75 horsepower dry nitrous shot? Or have you seen it break the CTS-V record for the standing mile? Watch and learn kids, watch and learn.

This CTS-V wagon actually belongs Mrs. Hennessey—fortunately she was nice enough to let John borrow it. What a gal. So long as he had the Hammer Wagon for the day, Hennessey decided to break the CTS-V record for the standing mile. At the “Texas Mile,” John Hennessey personally piloted his CTS-V wagon and achieved a terminal velocity of 189.7 miles per hour. In only 5,280 ft. Which is faster than a Corvette ZR1—GM’s fastest production car, ever. Just image a day with this supercharged superwagon on the Bonneville Salt Flats—its one of the world’s fastest wagons.

On another glorious day, Hennessey decided to see what the Hammer wagon could muster on the drag strip with some nitrous. Equip with a 6-speed automatic, Hennessey’s daddy-mobile produces 782 horses—after a 75 hp dry nitrous shot—and romps the quarter mile in a brisk 10.69 seconds at 134 mph. Which happens to be faster than the factory claimed quarter mile...for the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. No big deal.