importance of Exhaust note

Ordinary cars usually have a silent exhaust note to make the car as comfortable to the driver as possible but this silence is not acceptable to the enthusiasts who wants to hear the exhaust note. Since the car makers adopted engine down sizing with turbo charging many of the performance  cars such as the BMW M3 and M4 have a much muted exhaust note. To overcome the lack of sound from the exhaust BMW went so far as to create pseudo exhaust noise to be played from the car's rear speakers! it is true that if a sporty car has no sound it does not give the total sensation of driving a sporty car!

Imagine a silent Ferrari! No Ferrari fan will accept it for sure. Ferraris are known for their screaming engines with the high pitch exhaust note. Likewise for the V8 engine from Mercedes Benz which has the deep low burble. All of this makes for the driving experience to be unique and special. The one car company that kept true to the sporty feel of the is Jaguar with the F type. The base model 3.0 V6 supercharged F Type has a loud exhaust that farts when the driver backs off the throttle and the sound is even more pronounced in the V8 version.

Companies such as Akrapovic spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop special exhaust systems that accentuate the character of the engine. Each car maker has their own unique exhaust note due to differing engine configurations and also exhaust systems. the main thing is that the sound should be original in nature and not synthesised electronically via the car's speakers.

This is one of the reasons why electric cars are sometimes deemed to be boring because of the lack of sound however the amazing instant torque makes up for the lack of sound.