BMW is preparing for a future in which electric cars dominate its lineup, yet it is not ready to surrender the visceral drama that once came from intake roar and exhaust bark. Its latest patent ...

View post: 7 Cars I’ve Reviewed This Year That I’d Buy Right Now If I Could In years past, there’s been no way to manually take control over the level and kind of sound coming into the cabin.

Over the last decade, auto manufacturers have been engaged in a silent war against, of all things, quietness. Ordinarily, quiet is a desirable quality in cars—engineers actively battle wind roar, tire ...