Of the five known human senses, hearing is one of the top three. Sound is a critical element in enjoying any vehicle, even when that vehicle is renowned for its quietness. A vehicle doesn’t need to be loud to sound great, but it’s okay if a vehicle that sounds great is also loud. All that is predicate to this episode of Car and Driver’s continuing series of hit-or-miss videos, Window Shop.
Would it be throaty V-8s? Lilting straight-sixes? Glorious V-12s? Or maybe it would be some electric with faked sounds? After all, no one cares too much about genuineness. Right?Join editor-in-chief Tony Quiroga , executive editor K.C. Colwell , senior editor Elana Scherr , contributor Jonathan Ramsey and Road Track senior editor John Pearley Huffman as they go spelunking through the caverns of the Dark Web in search of machines that sound great.