Is this the real engine sound?

[jansmits]

Can anyone here confirm whether or not the engine sound I here inside the car is the real sound of the engine?

Many manufacturers seem to have added systems which play fake enhanced engine noise/sound over the internal speakers.

Some can even choose whether they want to here the sound of a massive V12 in the 13TSi etc.

 

So does the Superb suffer from the same trickery?

[roo]

The superb does not have any of the fake engine sound things. However the 2.0l 280 bhp has butterfly valves in the exhaust.

[jansmits]

So what do they do?

[ionelmc]

6 hours ago, roo said:

The superb does not have any of the fake engine sound things. However the 2.0l 280 bhp has butterfly valves in the exhaust.

It does have habitacle sound induction. There's a sound pipe connecting the exhaust to some place in the dashboard so you can hear the engine better. Otherwise you'd only hear the turbo-muffled exhausts. It's not software-produced but I still think it's fake.

[nicknorman]

My Superb 280 is very quiet inside. It’s the first car that I really have no idea what the engine rpm is unless I look at the tacho. Well, up to about 4000rpm anyway. Above that you can hear it but it’s still pretty quiet.

[Puuriit]

My 190 DSG sounds something like a V6 inside the cabin if you floor it and I dont think its natural. 

[Alan_P]

I only have a 150 diesel and it has had a nice (petrol like) exhaust rasp from new… inside the cabin. I actually though it was a blow or dodgy back box, but it’s inaudible while up on a ramp or outside the cabin.

Edited 13 November, 2017 by Alan_P

[fiki]

I am pleasently surprised with sound of my 190,it has quite nice sound for a diesel,no trademark tracktor-like noise. Its sharp and dsg makes it is very fast revving for a diesel(in neutral i think it gets revs up faster than my old 2.0 fsi). I am satisfied.

[rickyang]

I have the 1.6 TDI and I think the sound of a Bumble Bee is pumped into the cabin for my appreciation, I don't appreciate it at all. :).

[juux]

Is there an easy way to block/suppress the noise piped into the cabin? It's louder than I'd like and is fake enough to bug me.

[Whenwillilearn]

The diesel does not sound like a V6. I have driven it and its quite refined. The last V6s and flat 6s i owned and drove were noisier. The engines were part of the audible driving experience. 

I find that the smaller skoda diesels drone where the large diesels are generally refined unless pushed hard.

 

IMO.

 

My superb 220 drones a bit but thats the consequence of the turbo engine.

[RickTT]

Still miss the sounds of my 6 cylinder 5 series...  even for a diesel it sounded nice when you gave it some beans