Sentences with phrase «aural drama»

The phrase "aural drama" refers to a type of storytelling that uses sound and voices to create a dramatic experience. It is like a radio play or podcast, where you listen to the story and imagine the scenes in your mind, rather than watching it on a screen. Full definition
Sure the optional carbon ceramic brakes lack manners at low speed and engine lacks aural drama (although it's brutally fast), but these niggles can't detract from what is a sublime saloon.
Other technical decisions are curious and hampering as well, particularly Loggia's reading from Bartali's memoir, which lacks much connection to the subject, and Joel Goodman's score, which sounds as if it recognizes the dullness of the material and tries to force a little aural drama into each scene.
What it can not convey is the childish glee you'll get from thundering up through the gears under full throttle, the twin tailpipes exiting from either side of the car genuinely matching AMG's own GT R for aural drama — that you're sitting several feet higher than in the supercar makes the experience all the more astonishing.
We found its gearbox a little reluctant to change down through the gears when pressing on though, and the engine could do with more aural drama; it's also more than twice the price of the cheapest 7 Series.
The Peugeot also enjoy middling to high revs, but doesn't seem to pack the same punch or aural drama as the Renault, which crackles on the overrun and thrusts under full acceleration.
Any concerns you may have about the lack of aural drama associated with turbocharged engines should be put to bed, too, as the V8 sound fantastic, especially with the roof down.
This stout SUV offers brisk, effortless performance, but it does so with considerably less aural drama than it does in, say, an F - Type.
The old car never lacked much when it came to generating headline numbers, nor was it short on pure brute force or aural drama.
Although it doesn't have the aural drama of its Sant» Agata cousin, the R8 certainly makes up some ground in the looks department.
It howls and crackles and is very definitely OTT, and perhaps its sheer volume is an admission that this engine needs lots of aural drama to ramp up its flat delivery, but it's hard not to smile when you select Sport or Sport + mode to get the full noise.
The aural drama isn't overpowering, as Mike noted, but this thing definitely MOVES.
When you just want to get home it's comfortable, roomy, quiet, equipped with the now excellent iDrive interface and blessed with enough visual and aural drama to brighten even a winter's night on the M1.
It does miss out on the aural drama that one would expect with a petrol powered Land Rover, but pleasantly surprises with good fuel economy, and also lower emissions.
As the corner comes up, I lift off the throttle and a barrage of bangs, pops and crackles can be heard on the overrun; the aural drama just uplifts the level of enjoyment.
The ride can be a bit brittle and it lacks the aural drama of the old R32's V6 but, for what it can do, it's a bargain.
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