The best way to see Dupont…

… is from behind the windshield of a Cadillac. At least, that’s what Cadillac thinks.

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In DC’s most walkable neighborhood, Cadillac was offering to donate $25 to the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association’s Student Project for every attendee who took a test drive around the neighborhood in a Cadillac.

They could get a quick glimpse of some of Dupont’s historic rowhouses while keeping their eyes on the road to avoid hitting pedestrians or bicyclists, or see a a few neighborhood business establishments while weaving in and out of traffic-choked lanes of Dupont Circle. And they could do it all while saving the planet in the 18- to 20-mpg Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, which does a whopping 1 MPG worse in city driving than a regular, non-hybrid Toyota RAV4 SUV.