The punch line

Of course, all of this was not really an Editor for a day thing as much as it was clever marketing. this particular event was put on by Cadillac. And this was part of the exit booth. You also got a Cadillac bag, (they swore it was not a purse, but I am still not convinced) and a nice Cadillac branded hat. 

The BMW option

Here is the 530i that we drove. I had this test much closer. the Cadillac in this test was much better looking, and the interior was much nicer than what they did in the CTS-V. the BMW in this test was much less attractive, and the larger size and reduced power made is a mush closer match for the STS 

the other Tests

the other station was STS vs. 530i. the way this station worked was that 3 people got in the car with one professional driver. You would rotate the drivers in the same car, and then you would switch cars after 3 laps. This was the very nice STS that we drove. 

M3

I would like to point out how much NICER the wheels on the BMW are than the ones that were on the similarly priced Cadilac. They were larger, and looked at least 10 times better. 

me in the CTS

Here I am driving the CTS. On my score sheet it lost in a landslide. 

Ride along

Here you can see the drill for the M3/CTS stop. You and one professional driver go around in each car. and then you switch to the other car. My first ride was the M3, and my driver also had a Mini Cooper S. So automatically he's cool :) 

the cars.

this, of course, is why we are here. There were two stations, two cars to drive per station. The first station, was the BMW M3, vs the Cadilac CTS-V (although it is dificult to tell from this photo of the CTS that there is anything special about it.) 

food. check.

Nothing too special here, you had a little bit of breakfast. choice of muffins or rolls, a thing of coffee, and a bin with cokes, no bottled water, (except I saw the staff had some, none for the guests.) 

The setup

As you can see the set up was very spartan. Nothing elaborate at all. Tent on the right is the sign in desk. The trailer to the left is the restrooms, the next text to the left of that is the "welcome" breifing area. To the left of that is the exit tent, where you see who sponsored the event, and pick up your swag. 

Car & Driver "editor for a day"

Good sign that the parking lot seemed filled with very nice cars, like this extra clean, non-stock third generation RX-7.