Engine noise makes us more nervous than any other automotive sound because noise can mean expense and inconvenience. And, sometimes engine noise is nothing more than a normal dynamic of the engine’s ...

Sound coming from your engine bay is typically very normal, as it means the engine is working and providing power to help move your vehicle. Most drivers have an idea of what their vehicle should ...

Thanks to complicated networks of microphones taking over car audio systems, some features can't even be turned off in order to upgrade the sound.

Studies show that the Prius has one of the lowest lifetime cost-per-mile figures of any vehicle sold in the U.S., but that ...

Following the monumental emissions-cheating scandal at VW, further horrible revelations demonstrate just how corrupt the modern automotive industry has become: many cars make fake engine noise. And we ...

When temperatures drop, the viscosity of the engine oil increases, meaning it becomes thicker. This change affects ...

The Rolls-Royce Spectre is supposed to glide around in near silence, but Mansory decided that simply would not do. Its latest ...

You're tooling along on your way home from a cruise night or a car show when you pull up to a stop sign. As the engine drops down to an idle, you hear astrange sound from under the hood. It's not a ...

The final engine-downsizing complaint—that a V6, no matter how powerful, can't sound like a V8—is dead, thanks to Ford. We recently learned that the EcoBoost engine's aural deficiencies are being ...