Lars997:
My friend just got a new Audi A6 TDI with 382 HP. The car comes equipped by stock with Loudspeakers at the exhaust and inside to simulate a V8 sound. Amazingly this really works well and fools you 100%. If they put this system into the new M3 I wouldnt mind!
382 hp? Are you sure?
The most powerful A6 TDi has 313 hp and I listened to one last week and it doesn't even sound close to a V8.
The sound is not sounding like a Diesel at all though, this is true but it isn't even close to the Panamera Turbo V8 or C63 AMG V8 (I think I have a good comparison right now). It could be compared to the almost nonexistent sound of a Mercedes V8 though, like in the S class. Not at all Diesel-like though.
Audi uses a so called Sound Actuator, which is not a loudspeaker but actually a microphone which "listens" to the engine "sound" and adapts the exhaust sound, according to measurements. The sound is coming from the exhaust, which has a special soundbox installed, which changes the sound based on the signal from the sound actuator measurements. There is no loudspeaker outside the car.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche Panamera Turbo S (at Porsche right now), BMW X5M, Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe PP/DP, Mini Cooper S Countryman All4