Sound is one of the most emotionally charged topics in Formula 1. The shift from 2.4-litre naturally aspirated V8 engines to 1.6-litre V6 turbo ...

Hot-wire measurement setup for a BLI configuration, featuring a ducted fan installed adjacent to a curved airframe surface. The setup enables high-resolution velocity field analysis to uncover the ...

Engine noise makes us more nervous than any other automotive sound because noise can mean expense and inconvenience. And, sometimes engine noise is nothing more than a normal dynamic of the engine's ...

Charged with the task of getting the fuel economy of the 2011 Chevy Equinox down to 32 mpg on the highway and beat out the 28 mpg-rated Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4 and Ford Escape, GM engineers employed ...

Over the last decade, auto manufacturers have been engaged in a silent war against, of all things, quietness. Ordinarily, quiet is a desirable quality in cars—engineers actively battle wind roar, tire ...

BMW's Active Sound Design tech replicates engine noise inside the M5's cabin using the car stereo's speakers. What ever happened to just rolling down the windows? Antuan Goodwin Senior Writer, ...

In the latest installment of the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost fake engine noise saga, somebody has finally made a proper sound comparison of how the four-pot turbo'd pony roars with and without the ...