The new acoustic package in i40 utilises materials such as air permeable carpet, sound absorbing layers for engine - room encapsulation, and textile wheel - arch liners to
absorb noise sources from engine, road, and muffler, providing a 20 % improvement in interior noise levels and a reduction in outside engine noise when idling (compared to an i40 without these features).
That required devising algorithms to account for how cityscapes deflect or
absorb various types of waves, for instance, and filtering out
noise from
sources such as subways, the vibrations of which could interfere with interpreting vibrations from the detonation.