Cars & Bikes, Driving & Riding

[NTP66]

It looks better than most EVs, though I’m not a big fan of the Challenger in general. Those wheels are trash, though.

[Shyster]

I really hope one can turn that off. Or switch to other sounds.

[faftorial]

I really hope one can turn that off. Or switch to other sounds.

Don't you think EV's should be required to emit sound of some sort? It seems dangerous for them not too given the available HP.

[faftorial]

I'd rather know the dbag in his Charger is roaring my way than the dbag on autopilot in his Tesla.

[dodint]

No.

That said, the bulk of the noise emitted by cars is tire noise anyway.

[Shyster]

I believe the EU has mandated that electric cars make a warning noise when traveling below a certain speed (I think something around 20 mph). I want to say the NHTSA is either working on mandating something similar for US cars, or it has already required it for new electric cars.

It looks like for Teslas, they make a humming sound in reverse and a sort of fan/jet engine sound moving forward.

[DigitalGypsy66]

If I could change the engine noise, I would have it sound like George Jetson's car.

[AuthorTony]

That said, the bulk of the noise emitted by cars is tire noise anyway.

This Wrangler owner can confirm.

[faftorial]

No.

That said, the bulk of the noise emitted by cars is tire noise anyway.

Yes.

If VW offers this sound I'm all in.

[NTP66]

If we’re talking about requiring audible warnings for cars, I second this:

[DigitalGypsy66]

[NTP66]

wtf is with these companies and fugly wheels? The rest of that looks sleek as hell.

[mac5155]

I'd rather know the dbag in his Charger is roaring my way than the dbag on autopilot in his Tesla.

My sisters Toyota Highlander hybrid makes a fluttering beeping noise when she's in reverse, and the vehicle is in EV mode. Which is almost always, while in reverse.

[Shyster]

Those are some giant doors.

While that car looks nice, IMO the recent Hyundai N Vision 7 concept car looks more like an updated DeLorean than the actual updated DeLorean:

[NTP66]

It does, but it’s also hideous.

[Shyster]

Well, I like it.

[tifosi77]

It looks like the bootleg diecast version of the car that for licensing reasons has to look just a bit different and can't be called the actual car.

[tifosi77]

New EV Charger:



Wise to make it not look like an EV.

Agreed. Honestly one of the reasons I like Teslas more than other EVs is that they at least look like normal cars. There isn't an effort to create an EV 'look'. There's a unified brand look, but it doesn't scream EV.

[Shyster]

The funny thing is, Hyundai was first. They hired Goigetto Giugiaro to design the Pony Coupe concept car in 1974. Hyundai ended up not building the car, but Giugiaro used most of the same design cues when he designed the DMC DeLorean.



TIL I just learned from reading Wikipedia that Goigetto Giugiaro was hired by Beretta to do the styling for a some guns, including the Beretta U-22 Neos .22 pistol, CX4 Storm rifle, and Xcel trap shotgun. I happen to own a Neos, so I can say I have something styled by Giugiaro. Neat.

[AuthorTony]

TIL Hyundai's been around since at least 1974. I'd have guessed the brand was less than 30 years old.

[Shyster]

I don't think they entered the US market until the early 90s, IIRC, but they're much older than that. I want to say the founder started the company fixing cars during WWII. He then took that money to start a construction company that made a fortune in South Korea's post-war reconstruction era, and he managed to build the company into a chaebol (the Korean name for a massive interlocking business conglomerate, usually partly family owned) that owns shipyards, chemical plants, electrical production, banks, construction companies, department stores, and elevator manufacturers. The car company started in the '70s. Many of the businesses were spun off and separated in the early 2000s, but a feature of chaebol (and for keiretsu, which is the Japanese equivalent) is that the companies still pretty much operate as sibling companies even though they are no longer under a common parent company. Samsung and LG are other companies that qualify as chaebol.

[mac5155]

Yes, I feel like I've seen Hyundai construction equipment from the 80s. And they have their names all over those Conex boxes too

[MR25]

It looks like the bootleg diecast version of the car that for licensing reasons has to look just a bit different and can't be called the actual car.

Poor man's Detomaso Pantera

[faftorial]

The funny thing is, Hyundai was first. They hired Goigetto Giugiaro to design the Pony Coupe concept car in 1974. Hyundai ended up not building the car, but Giugiaro used most of the same design cues when he designed the DMC DeLorean.



TIL I just learned from reading Wikipedia that Goigetto Giugiaro was hired by Beretta to do the styling for a some guns, including the Beretta U-22 Neos .22 pistol, CX4 Storm rifle, and Xcel trap shotgun. I happen to own a Neos, so I can say I have something styled by Giugiaro. Neat.

That Hyundai reeks of ugly early 1970's Italian designs.

[faftorial]