You pull into a free spot at Caribou.

All eyes turn toward the sleek silver and black sports car, red tail lights gleaming in the dim morning light, the soft thump of a synth-rock band accenting your preeminent arrival. You open the gull-wing door and grab your satchel.

Siri chimes in from the surround-sound speakers: “Close the door and lock up, John?”

“Yep,” you command.

The door lowers, and at least three people nod in approval.

This is the future of automotive engineering: style and technology, intertwined like Ethernet cords at a LAN gaming party. Forget the iPhone. Never-mind about the iPad. Tesla is for business people with too much spare cash. The Apple-McLaren supercar might never exist, and both companies have denied any plans for joining forces like Obi-Wan and Luke in what would surely become the most logical brand combination since the first person spread closer honey across wheat toast.

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