Octavia vRS vs Mk 8 Golf GTI

[p3asa]

You'll love this then.... from an article I read today on the new Qashqai:

"In order to make the car sound more premium, Nissan has teamed up with famed videogame brand Bandai Namco to create the car's internal noises."

Real-Life-Ridge-Racer(tm) or something 

The sound pack on the GTD was an external noise. It had a chamber somewhere before the back box.
I'm not keen on the fake internal sounds.

[fredgroves]

Don't electric cars have to have an external noise generator now? for speeds up to 50kph or something?

[SRGTD]

Don't electric cars have to have an external noise generator now? for speeds up to 50kph or something?

I believe they do, so that pedestrians are aware of their presence.

[Jim_mk7.5]

You'll love this then.... from an article I read today on the new Qashqai:

"In order to make the car sound more premium, Nissan has teamed up with famed videogame brand Bandai Namco to create the car's internal noises."

Real-Life-Ridge-Racer(tm) or something 

Fake external noise generator. Diesel SQ5 has the same. Beefy but fake which just isn't right.

Don't electric cars have to have an external noise generator now? for speeds up to 50kph or something?

Yes, my 330e makes a 'noise' when in electric mode. Can't really describe it but BMW says its unique to their hybrid range.

I believe they do, so that pedestrians are aware of their presence.

The sound pack on the GTD was an external noise. It had a chamber somewhere before the back box.
I'm not keen on the fake internal sounds.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Sooooo, I think we are all agreed.
Honest round visible pipes making a non- electronic noise are the only real deal.
Ayethankyaw!

I think oval ones are perfectly OK as well! The RS3 has a lovely set of oval pipes and makes a fantastic noise from it's 5 pot. 

[fredgroves]

You know that the EU made them all reduce exhaust noise last year?

The M135i that I test drove end of 2019 used to make a lovely sound.... from early 2020 models, the sound was gone.

The 128ti I went to see also doesn't have an exhaust note of any note.

Thanks Brussells.

[Guzzle]

The EU are cracking down on both noise and light pollution. So it's goodbye to unnecessarily loud exhausts and decorative lights.

They recently banned the illuminated flying lady on Rolls Royce's.

They're a fun bunch aren't they?

[SRGTD]

The EU are cracking down on both noise and light pollution. So it's goodbye to unnecessarily loud exhausts and decorative lights.

They recently banned the illuminated flying lady on Rolls Royce's.

They're a fun bunch aren't they?

Shame they’ve not banned the illuminated strip that runs along the top of the grille on the mk8 Golf. IMO that’s purely decorative and serves no useful purpose .

[Jim_mk7.5]

You know that the EU made them all reduce exhaust noise last year?

The M135i that I test drove end of 2019 used to make a lovely sound.... from early 2020 models, the sound was gone.

The 128ti I went to see also doesn't have an exhaust note of any note.

Thanks Brussells.

Yes, they all mostly sound crap don’t they. Carwow did the M135/A35/new S3 and they all sounded really disappointing on the sound check.

[fredgroves]

I think its to stop any enthusiasm for dinosaur burning vs EV's.

Make them all sound the same, no hankering for something that goes broooom brooooooom