Powerful and progressive – the Audi Q5 Sportback
Elegant and practical, progressive and sporty: the Q5 Sportback. Audi presents its third crossover utility vehicle (CUV) following the e-tron Sportback and Q3 Sportback.
Grant Larson and Horst Marchart talk about the history of the Boxster and the new Boxster 25 years.
Elegant and practical, progressive and sporty: the Q5 Sportback. Audi presents its third crossover utility vehicle (CUV) following the e-tron Sportback and Q3 Sportback.
The BMW i7 is being developed with the aim of combining hallmark driving pleasure with a level of comfort that is in a class of its own. One key factor here is the acoustic properties. The level of well-being in the interior of the purely electrically powered luxury sedan is largely determined by the degree to which disturbing noises can be kept away from the occupants. There are a variety of potential noise sources to be taken into account here, so near-production prototypes of the BMW i7 – and indeed all other model variants of the future BMW 7 Series – undergo an extensive programme as part of their acoustic testing. At the Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) in Munich, test and development engineers check the full range of the vehicle’s sound emissions and immissions. Motor and rolling noise are analysed in detail, as are the aeroacoustics and vibration comfort, in order to fully determine the acoustic properties of the new luxury sedans. This also includes precise alignment of acoustic pedestrian protection and the motor sound emitted in the interior of the BMW i7 – the latter having been developed as part of BMW IconicSounds Electric, a collaborative venture between the BMW Group and Hollywood film music composer Hans Zimmer.
"Stellantis Spotlight" is a weekly recap of some of the major stories at Stellantis. The top stories for the week ending September 24, 2021, include a partnership with (RED) to answer the call to serve; the Ram Truck brand unveils three new models at the State Fair of Texas; a workplace award for the company from LATINA Style magazine; and the 2022 Jeep® Wrangler Willys goes Xtreme.
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