Curious about seeing Cadillac’s brand-new electric models, we sent the Detroit automaker an email on Wednesday inquiring about being granted a viewing. Their response was surprisingly quick, but it contained some terms we didn’t quite expect.

We were confused. They wanted us to pay them to see their car? We sent another email but received a similar response.

We were interested in seeing their new models, but not if we had to pay. That was ridiculous. We responded saying we would not pay, and the Cadillac PR rep asked if we were police officers. What does that have to do with anything?

All of us at B/T would like to sincerely apologize for failing to get you a sneak peek of their new vehicles. We’ll just have to end up seeing them when you do.

I guess we should also bring some cash, just in case.