How GM makes a car sound like what a car is supposed to sound like

[Jalada]

There may have been a time when the noises a car made were simply a byproduct of its mechanical function, but that time is long past. Like every other part of a contemporary car, the audio experience is carefully designed and tweaked.

 

Article

 

Edit: changed URL, should work now?

Edited August 3, 2013 by Jalada

[Ricey]

linky broken

 

Odd thread

[Jalada]

That's weird, it works OK for me. I'll change it to a piece of text instead of just a pasted URL.

 

Thought it might be of interest to people here maybe belongs in Off Topic?

Edited August 3, 2013 by Jalada

[Ricey]

Hmmm maybe its just me - thread would probably seem a bit less odd after I've read the article - as it stands I think I read the title as 'Gun Metal make a car sound like it should'..........but I think on reflection its possible General Motors

[The Chubby Ninja]

Hmmm maybe its just me - thread would probably seem a bit less odd after I've read the article - as it stands I think I read the title as 'Gun Metal make a car sound like it should'..........but I think on reflection its possible General Motors

haha that's the way I read it at first too

[14N]

Hands up, me too!

 

I was wondering how a car's colour could possibly determine how it sounds!

[spursmaddave]

Kara Gordon is a vibration engineer fnaaar fnaaar