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It’s only natural to complain about the inverted blow drier sound engine note of the latest turbocharged F1 cars, when we have an entire history behind the racing discipline when roaring engines made up an integral part of the experience. Read more »
- Audi Tt Clubsport Turbo Concept’s Force-fed Five-pot Sounds Delicious
Now, it may be wrong to dedicate an entire post to talking about a car’s engine note, but when the engine in question is a five-cylinder turbocharged affair, it all sounds clear. Audi has a tradition of making five-pots, which it has used in a...
- Turbocharged Cars That Sound Awesome
While it’s often said that slapping a turbo or two onto an engine ruins the purity of its note, there are still nice sounding cars which you could not imagine without a turbocharger. In fact, for many the turbo woosh and wastegate noise are an...
- Unexpected Diesel Gruffness Pushes Back New Mini Cooper D Launch
If you live in Europe and have the ability to distinguish between engines (and diesels in particular) based on the sound they make, you’ll know that most three-cylinder units sound very clattery both inside and out and are generally not refined...
- Listen To The Sounds Of Bmw's New 1.5-liter Twin-turbo 3-cylinder Gasoline Engine On A 1-series
We have heard the claims repeatedly from BMW's people ever since they announced the development of their brand new series of 1.5-liter TwinPower three-cylinder petrol and diesel engines: these new powerplants will be strong, fuel-efficient and equally...
- Subaru Puts Boxer Diesel In The Forester
Chances are unless you've worked in secretive operations inside the Porsche R&D facility or lived in Europe and paid close attention to the curiously wonky sounds emanating from a Subaru Legacy idling in traffic, you've never heard four or...
Cars
Six, Eight, Ten and Twelve Cylinder F1 Cars Sound Check
It’s only natural to complain about the inverted blow drier sound engine note of the latest turbocharged F1 cars, when we have an entire history behind the racing discipline when roaring engines made up an integral part of the experience. Read more »
- Audi Tt Clubsport Turbo Concept’s Force-fed Five-pot Sounds Delicious
Now, it may be wrong to dedicate an entire post to talking about a car’s engine note, but when the engine in question is a five-cylinder turbocharged affair, it all sounds clear. Audi has a tradition of making five-pots, which it has used in a...
- Turbocharged Cars That Sound Awesome
While it’s often said that slapping a turbo or two onto an engine ruins the purity of its note, there are still nice sounding cars which you could not imagine without a turbocharger. In fact, for many the turbo woosh and wastegate noise are an...
- Unexpected Diesel Gruffness Pushes Back New Mini Cooper D Launch
If you live in Europe and have the ability to distinguish between engines (and diesels in particular) based on the sound they make, you’ll know that most three-cylinder units sound very clattery both inside and out and are generally not refined...
- Listen To The Sounds Of Bmw's New 1.5-liter Twin-turbo 3-cylinder Gasoline Engine On A 1-series
We have heard the claims repeatedly from BMW's people ever since they announced the development of their brand new series of 1.5-liter TwinPower three-cylinder petrol and diesel engines: these new powerplants will be strong, fuel-efficient and equally...
- Subaru Puts Boxer Diesel In The Forester
Chances are unless you've worked in secretive operations inside the Porsche R&D facility or lived in Europe and paid close attention to the curiously wonky sounds emanating from a Subaru Legacy idling in traffic, you've never heard four or...