BMW i8 Acceleration & Sound

[CocoPops]

Sounds good!

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"Our video shows the i8's gauge graphics as the car accelerates in Sport Mode, as well as providing a listen at the i8's raw mechanical sounds as it accelerates. While the production i8 will be equipped with Active Sound Design (enhanced interior sound technology), this particular car we're hearing has its Active Sound Design (ASD) disabled for testing purposes. ASD will not be able to be turned off by the driver in the production model (though BIMMERPOST members have found workarounds on other BMW models). ASD will sound different depending on the selected driving mode(s) - Sport, Comfort, Eco Pro."

BMW Power.

 

[OppositeLockMT]

Is that mostly artificial sound? or is it the 1.5 3 cyl im hearing :fencelook:

 

[Rooi_Willie]

:thumbdo::thumbdo::thumbdo:

Sounds fake... Unfortunately :fencelook:

 

[CocoPops]

:thumbdo::thumbdo::thumbdo:

Sounds fake... Unfortunately :fencelook:

Sound generator is turned off in this video..

 

[v1p3r]

Reading, it is our future, children...

 

[UpNcOmiNg!]

Wow.
Intersting noise it makes there.
Keen to hear it on the road hey.

On another note, damn it accelates quickly! :thumbs:

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Sounds like half my motor :fencelook:

 

[maximus]

Listen to the new BMW i8
26 March, 2014 | by Matthew Jones

http://www.topgear.co.za/videos/bmw-i8-sounds-rather-electric/

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This is what the upcoming BMW i8 sounds like launching in fully-mechanical Sport Mode. We had no idea three cylinder engines could sound this good…

Yep, that nasty, baritone rumble comes from a 171kW 1.5-litre turbocharged triple, which is the same engine you’d find in (very) detuned form fitted to the latest Mini Cooper.

Alas, the finished car won’t sound quite this good. The bods at bimmerpost.com, who captured this footage, tell us that it’s got the Active Sound Design turned off, a system that dampens noises in the cabin. Annoyingly, you won’t be able to disable ASD in the production version, even in Sport Mode. Quite why, we’re not sure. That said, hopefully BMW will make sure it’ll sound this good with their electronic enhancements.

It’ll certainly sound tasty from the outside, though. If you managed to click through our first drive gallery without being sick (it’s wearing a nauseating prototype disguise wrap), you can just see the two exhaust pipes. But the one on the left is actually a dummy, and houses an external speaker that produces lots of engine rumbles and farts. You can’t switch that one off, either…

It’s not just for MASSIVE SPORT NOISE though. Because it’s a petrol/electric hybrid, it’ll run silently (just like Jeremy’s current favourite, the McLaren P1). So to warn pedestrians that it’s about to slip by, BMW’s pedestrian detection system (which uses many clever day and night vision cameras) triggers a speaker fitted to the front right area of its snout, which makes a howling noise along with the rear unit.

Though the unsilenced sound of that boosted triple would probably do just a far better job…

 

[ChefDJ]

:repost::sorry:

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Threads merged :thumbs:

 

[maximus]

Hahaha that was quick!

 

[ChefDJ]

On the prowl imp:

 

[Philip Foglar]

These "sound generators" - it's almost like a guy hoping that she didn't fake her orgasm! :fencelook:

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