Needs more noise!!!
Hey guys ive got a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid. I've owned the car for a year or so now and I'm still loving it. but there's one huge issue. The noise. Being a Hybrid, there's obviously little to no noise, which to some might be great, but i need something more. I'm looking for input as to what might give me some good sound (cold air intake? Exhaust mods? Headers?) ANYTHING HELPS.
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Since August 2010, a warning device for retrofitting the Toyota Prius is available for Japanese consumers.
Toyota Motor Company teamed up with Fujitsu Ten to develop an automatic warning system for hybrids and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians when the car is propelled by its electric motor. The companies also studied the development of a system that would change the alarm's tune and volume with the assistance of an obstacle-detection radar.[70][71]
On August 2010 Toyota began sales of an onboard device designed to automatically emit a synthesized sound of an electric motor when the Prius is operating as an electric vehicle at speeds up to approximately 25 kilometres per hour (16 mph). The device will be available in Japan through authorized Toyota dealers and Toyota genuine parts & accessories distributors for retrofitting on the third-generation Prius at a price of ¥12,600 (~US$150) including the consumption tax. The alert sound rises and falls in pitch according to the vehicle's speed, thus helping indicate the vehicle's proximity and movement to nearby pedestrians. Toyota is planning to use other versions of the device for use in gasoline-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles as well as fuel-cell hybrid vehicles planned for mass production. The device meets the 2010 government regulations issued for hybrid and other near-silent vehicles.[1]
Toyota's Vehicle Proximity Notification System (VPNS) was introduced in the United States in all 2012 model year Prius family vehicles, including the Prius v, Prius Plug-in Hybrid and the standard Prius. The system is being introduced to comply with the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010.[6][72]
Since August 2010, a warning device for retrofitting the Toyota Prius is available for Japanese consumers.
Toyota Motor Company teamed up with Fujitsu Ten to develop an automatic warning system for hybrids and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians when the car is propelled by its electric motor. The companies also studied the development of a system that would change the alarm's tune and volume with the assistance of an obstacle-detection radar.[70][71]
On August 2010 Toyota began sales of an onboard device designed to automatically emit a synthesized sound of an electric motor when the Prius is operating as an electric vehicle at speeds up to approximately 25 kilometres per hour (16 mph). The device will be available in Japan through authorized Toyota dealers and Toyota genuine parts & accessories distributors for retrofitting on the third-generation Prius at a price of ¥12,600 (~US$150) including the consumption tax. The alert sound rises and falls in pitch according to the vehicle's speed, thus helping indicate the vehicle's proximity and movement to nearby pedestrians. Toyota is planning to use other versions of the device for use in gasoline-electric hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles as well as fuel-cell hybrid vehicles planned for mass production. The device meets the 2010 government regulations issued for hybrid and other near-silent vehicles.[1]
Toyota's Vehicle Proximity Notification System (VPNS) was introduced in the United States in all 2012 model year Prius family vehicles, including the Prius v, Prius Plug-in Hybrid and the standard Prius. The system is being introduced to comply with the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010.[6][72]
Diverting a bit off topic (sort of) but image if the classic movie scenes went like this:
James Dean is behind the wheel of some Spyder or hot rod, eyes squinted into the (improbable) Klieg lights on some 1950's roadway, a brunette with a hanky standing between his car and some slicked-back black haired greaser clad in leather gripping the wheel of some tailfinned racer. Pinks are on the line. She flashes a smile as the rouges give her a wink, and as she drops the hanky you hear.... a slight electric whine as the electric vehicles race off into the night. No four barreled growls, no mid-chest invading thrum of air-fuel mixed explosive decibels. BLAH.
We like our noisy cars
James Dean is behind the wheel of some Spyder or hot rod, eyes squinted into the (improbable) Klieg lights on some 1950's roadway, a brunette with a hanky standing between his car and some slicked-back black haired greaser clad in leather gripping the wheel of some tailfinned racer. Pinks are on the line. She flashes a smile as the rouges give her a wink, and as she drops the hanky you hear.... a slight electric whine as the electric vehicles race off into the night. No four barreled growls, no mid-chest invading thrum of air-fuel mixed explosive decibels. BLAH.
We like our noisy cars
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