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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 at all. Read more »
- Kaege Gives Porsche Macan S Diesel Fake V8 Sounds [w/video]
Dat ASS…no, not that ASS, but the other ASS, the one from Kaege that stands for Active-Sound System and which promises to give your V6 diesel-powered Porsche Macan S a bogus V8 sound. According to the German tuner, the Active-sound module is activated...
- First Video Proof That Maserati Ghibli's Diesel-fed V6 Will Sound Good
Diesels have migrated in perception from being associated with clattery farm equipment, to sounding almost like their petrol counterparts, aside from at idle, when the difference is more obvious. In fact, with new direct-injected petrol engines, the...
- 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible Breaks Cover
Believe it or not, this is the next-generation MINI Cooper Convertible that will most likely make its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January with sales scheduled to start in Spring of the same year. An anonymous tipster sent a set of seven official...
- The Good 12 V2.0 For 2009 - Part Ix
MINI COOPER One of many repeat winners in this, The Good 12 v2.0, the Mini Cooper made its case last year with low-cost and low-risk fun. Nothing has changed. Mini still offers the Cooper S. That car, along with the Clubman, Convertible, and John...
- 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
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 at all. Read more »
- Kaege Gives Porsche Macan S Diesel Fake V8 Sounds [w/video]
Dat ASS…no, not that ASS, but the other ASS, the one from Kaege that stands for Active-Sound System and which promises to give your V6 diesel-powered Porsche Macan S a bogus V8 sound. According to the German tuner, the Active-sound module is activated...
- First Video Proof That Maserati Ghibli's Diesel-fed V6 Will Sound Good
Diesels have migrated in perception from being associated with clattery farm equipment, to sounding almost like their petrol counterparts, aside from at idle, when the difference is more obvious. In fact, with new direct-injected petrol engines, the...
- 2009 Mini Cooper Convertible Breaks Cover
Believe it or not, this is the next-generation MINI Cooper Convertible that will most likely make its debut at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show in January with sales scheduled to start in Spring of the same year. An anonymous tipster sent a set of seven official...
- The Good 12 V2.0 For 2009 - Part Ix
MINI COOPER One of many repeat winners in this, The Good 12 v2.0, the Mini Cooper made its case last year with low-cost and low-risk fun. Nothing has changed. Mini still offers the Cooper S. That car, along with the Clubman, Convertible, and John...
- 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...