It’s the damndest thing. The video showing the new Camaro (it is new, right?) “playing” with the new Corette ZR1 on a track has precious little tire squeal, falling silent at :34 to 1:06. (After which sound returns with the ‘Vette’s solo demo.) A track video without engine sound is the automotive equivalent of dickless porn. While there’s no good answer to this mystery– be it a botched recording or marketing mishegos— we now have the start-up sound of a Camaro SS on video. And you’ve got to admit it sounds awesome– for about two seconds. Sorry fans, but there’s something wrong with the burble on this bad boy. Maybe it’s the recording gear, but the SS lacks the basso profondo bellow of the last gen BMW M5 (the best sounding stock V8 engine idle in the history of the world ever). I’m sure our Best and Brightest can set me to rights, or provide the technical reasons behind this omission. But, again, that missing track audio has a Nixon-esque feel to me.
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Maybe cuz it’s not doctored or anything. No need to Dr. a V-8.
Anything less, is, well, less.
Is this really a tangible issue with the vehicle?
GM V8s have always sounded good, even a 79 Cutlass with a 260cid and single exhaust has a good (albeit muffled) sound. Fords have always been quiet and as my dad once told me, this goes back to their marketing in the 60s (“as quiet as a mouse”).
I would argue that an AMG V8 sounds better than a BMW M V8. From the E50 that my parents had to the current 6.2l. They sound a bit more deep and well, just more “American muscle car”.
Meh, this thing isn’t coming out for a bit yet, right? I’m going to guess either a) they’re going to work on the exhaust system a bit more before official mass production kicks off or b)they’ve used the super-brains of their engineers to figure out a way to pipe in most of the V8 burble into the cabin, rewarding the driver and keeping the neighbors happy.
Sound is so subjective, it would be easy to like or dislike the way a car sounds based solely on the badge it wears…. you really need to do some kind of double-blind test.
Personally, if you don’t have a healthy (?) burble as the revs drop, it’s not even in the running.
Give me a break. That video was obviously shot with a camera phone or a digital camera. There’s no way the tiny mics implanted in those devices is going to pick up a low tone that close to the exhaust pipe. Most likely the sound pressure was more than the device could handle so the sound is inaccurate.
“dickless porn” too funny.
Well, IMO, the G8 GT has a very quiet exhaust idle too. Actually, it takes a lot of throttle to make the G8 sing, and even then it’s not really a top 40 track.
Hopefully, this recording’s bad quality is due to equipment and not evidence of a trend at GM.
Sounds like an equipment problem to me, but I’m at work. I can listen to it a bit better at home as I keep a set of Paradigm monitors on my desk for proper audio listening via computer. Besides, this is flash based audio, which is typically crap to start with though it has decent capability when used. Just to hear a differentiation in audio within the confines of Flash player, go to YouTube and pick a music video (or piece of music.) Listen for a moment. Then at the end of the video URL, add this string: &fmt=18 Then reload it and hear a significant difference. Some are notable, some are vastly different. Again, that comes more in the territory of the original source, and then the transcoding algorithm used to make it into a Flash based playback versus whatever the starting form of media was. :)
Can not wait to drive this thing. Of course if the default exhaust isn’t butch enough for you you can always order the GMPP catback unit or an array of aftermarket ones.
And for the record job 1 is in February with deliveries in early March so 5 months from now.
Other than being about 200-300lbs heavier than it should there isn’t a downside to this car.
But, again, that missing track audio has a Nixon-esque feel to me.
Maybe Rosemary Woods was driving
You know, sometimes I prefer my porn without dick…
If you know what I mean.
Girl on girl = dickless porn???
What’s wrong with THAT?
First off I was there at Indianapolis where this vid was taken. In the words of FbodFather a.k.a. Scott Settlemire, “The exhausts on these show cars has not been tuned. This is not what they will sound like. It will be much more agressive.” I heard the audio of this car at the track. It is amazing. Please try to get your info right before you start posting “Misinformation.”