Va-va-voom machine for quiet eco supercar
Personally I'd welcome a move towards cars that don't make that 'Rrrrrrrrrrah' show-off sound, but it seems that anyone with £120,000 to spend on a car would prefer the rest of us to take notice -- preferably through an auditory assault.
This is why the latest green supercar, the electric Lightning GT, has been fitted with a "programmable external engine sound generator"; in other words, a sort of 'canned' engine track that responds to the driver's actions. I guess it's a small price to pay to make eco-friendly cars cool (unlike the car itself, which is now pre-ordering with a £15,000 deposit.)
[via The Guardian]
