You really have to tip your hat to the plucky Lamborghini Gallardo and all the successes it still finds, even after going out of production. There are many videos of tuned up Lambos leaving allegedly superior stock super cars in its wake. Next up, the McLaren 650S.
It’s not the most powerful McLaren out there, and in fact the 650S is more or less a match for the Gallardo’s successor, the Huracán. However, for even a modded Gallardo, the McLaren, with 641 horsepower on tap from its 3.8-liter twin-turbo V8, should be able to hold its own against a car 10 years its senior.
The lambo, packed with a Titan Motorsports twin-turbo kit feeding air to its 5.0-liter V10 should give it numbers in the ballpark of 800 hp, but we’ve seen many times how being the victor on paper doesn’t necessarily guarantee a win in practice.
In the video, the two sports cars line up for a drag race, and despite the sheer superior horsepower of the Lamborghini, the 650S does a fine job of holding its own, thanks mostly due to the seven-speed dual clutch gearbox effortlessly banging out upshifts.
The Gallardo’s aging six-speed transmission holds it back, even with a rolling start, allowing the McLaren to step ahead for a while. Finally, the Lambo gets the boost it needs to pull ahead. It won, but not by much.
Regardless of the outcome, we’re impressed with the performance of both cars, particularly for the Gallardo for showing that Lamborghini’s often dismissed “entry-level” model had a pretty solid foundation. Add a couple turbos, and it can apparently still hang with today’s best.
We may still go for the McLaren, given the chance, but this has further solidified our respect for Lamborghini’s most successful sports car.
BYD has launched the third-generation Qin Plus DM-i in China, and the first thing that caught my eye is its price. According to CarNewsChina, the plug-in hybrid sedan starts at 79,900 yuan, which is about $11,980. That’s an incredibly low price for a brand-new car, especially by US standards.
What’s even more impressive is the range. The Qin Plus DM-i can drive up to 137 miles on electricity alone, which should cover most people’s daily commutes without using a drop of gas. Once the battery runs out, the 1.5-liter engine takes over. Thanks to its 17-gallon tank and roughly 91 mpg with a drained battery, the combined range reaches up to 1,423 miles.
Apple won the PC market’s worst quarter, but that’s not the entire story. It won the race by stumbling less than everyone else.
PC makers shipped just 57 million computers worldwide in Q3, which might look good, but it’s a 21% year-over-year plunge (via Counterpoint Research). And despite Apple’s Mac shipments falling by 11%, to 5.6 million, its market share rose from 8.7% to 9.8%. How did that happen?
Update (October 22 23:54 PT): In response to our query, GM clarified that offline recording support is already available on eligible vehicles. Like Tesla's Sentry Mode, it requires owners to connect a USB drive to save incident recordings, which can be viewed on the vehicle's infotainment screen. The upcoming Connected Cameras feature will build on this by giving owners remote access to these recordings via the revamped OnStar app, allowing them to check footage without walking out to their car.
General Motors has announced plans to add a new Connected Cameras feature to its OnStar service starting next year, giving drivers a way to monitor parked vehicles remotely and capture footage of certain incidents.