Demand for active sound systems is growing by the day. They look like metal slugs glued to the exhaust and can make any diesel car sound more like a HEMI V8. Obviously, you're not going to put that on ...

Noise is an important aspect as far as car ownership is concerned. In econoboxes and executive sedans, we’re most interested in how little noise gets in the car from the tires, wind, and so forth. But ...

Sound plays an important role in building an emotional connection to an automobile and Ford is giving us a closer look at how it developed the exhaust note for the Mustang. According to the automaker, ...

Sebastian's spare time is spent watching Formula 1, fiddling with his friends' cars (usually German money pits), and soaking up as much architectural amazement and engineering excellence as he can ...

One of the cool things about owning a V-8-powered Mustang is that it has an aggressive, unmistakable exhaust note. The Shelby GT350 set a new standard in 2015 thanks to Ford's active exhaust system.

Although hybrids are becoming more popular with manufacturers – the technology being a relatively simple, cost-effective way to meet regulation and customer demand for some level of electrification in ...

The 2018 Ford Mustang GT is available with an Active Valve Performance Exhaust system for an extra $895, allowing drivers to adjust the sound levels of the Mustang GT’s exhaust among four levels of ...

To record the sound, Ford engineers mounted microphones on a 2018 Mustang equipped with all-new active valve performance exhaust. The audio plays the sound of the exhaust in track mode as the car, ...

Plymouth, MICHIGAN — The second I spot the familiar front end of a Dodge Charger cop car poking out from a roadside parking lot, I know it's time to quiet things down. If he hasn't heard us already, ...

The new 2019 Hyundai Veloster features something called Active Engine Sound but it actually doesn't use the real-world sound of the engine. Instead, AES is a synthesizer that takes a lot of details ...

I’m sitting in the Shelby GT500 prototype with Tom Teknos, who leads the noise, vibration and harshness team for Ford Performance vehicles. The windows are down, the 5.2-liter V-8 rumbling softly in ...