The Porsche Cayman gets makeover, hit every national park in one hugely epic road trip, and car shopping goes virtual.<\/p>\n
In its ongoing quest for empire, <\/span>Tesla announced a merger with SolarCity<\/span><\/a> on Monday. It\u2019s an alluring prospect \u2014 a one-stop-shop for electric cars, solar panels, and electric charging stations \u2014 but <\/span>critics are also calling it risky<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re one of the many who have never seen a finer piece of automotive machinery than a Porsche, there will be nothing sweeter than <\/span>details on the updates to the 2017 Cayman<\/span><\/a>. The engine and the body have been redesigned for faster speeds and classier looks, plus an audio bonus of Apple CarPlay. <\/span><\/p>\n This month we head into the the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, and while there are certainly more enjoyable ways to hit as many as you can \u2014 this is exactly what campers and RVs were made for \u2014 data scientist <\/span>Randal Olson created a handy map of the quickest route through all of the parks<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The worst part of car shopping \u2014 the awkward and pushy interactions with salespeople \u2014 is getting a makeover with the integration of virtual reality. Along with GM and Audi, <\/span>Vroom, a start-up based in Dallas, TX, is setting up showrooms<\/span><\/a>, where drivers put on a headset and take a quick spin through a 360-degree video the cars they want to test.<\/span><\/p>\n In Plymouth, Michigan this past weekend, car enthusiasts were treated to a fine showing of new, old, and impressive cars \u2014 <\/span>including a few rare Ford GTs<\/span><\/a> \u2014 at the 38th annual <\/span>2016 Concours d’Elegance Of America<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Porsche Cayman gets makeover, hit every national park in one hugely epic road trip, and car shopping goes virtual. Tesla-SolarCity makes for one big, clean family In its ongoing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,39],"tags":[362],"class_list":["post-2346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gearheads","category-news","tag-weekly-auto-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t2017 Porsche Cayman brings the power<\/span><\/h3>\n
National Park road trip<\/span><\/h3>\n
Vroom rolls out VR car showrooms<\/span><\/h3>\n
The best PDA: Public display of automobiles<\/span><\/h3>\n