Keep speeds below 19mph and the three - piece retractable folding hardtop can be retracted, allowing greater access to both the great outdoors and the V8's
blaring exhaust note.
From the inside
the blaring exhaust isn't dissimilar to that of a modern day WRC car.
The blaring exhaust note that has something of the sharp - edged hollowness of a modern Ferrari as you accelerate down onto a dual carriageway.
Rear - wheel - drive coupes bring to mind beefy engines with high cylinder counts, fat tires, and
blaring exhaust notes.
That and
the blaring exhaust note, which makes us feverishly excited about the 510 - hp, 3.0 - liter twin - turbo V - 6 that's stirring up such a fuss.
Not exact matches
Having to shout to be heard, constantly repeating yourself and competing over the
blare of a too - loud TV... living with someone experiencing hearing loss can be
exhausting, frustrating and often dispiriting.
Slip the pistol - grip shifter into fifth or even fourth gear at 70 mph and the reward is high - rpm fun as the 6.4 - liter engine
blares from the large dual
exhausts.
While there is the distant characteristic whine of a supercharger at lower revs, it's the rush of compressed air and
exhaust blare that you hear towards the red line.
Its pumped - up, hard - beating heart avoids puerile part - throttle blat - blats, electronically generated fake heel - and - toe noises, and that notorious from - bad - to - bad - ass two - stage
exhaust blare.
The 2ZR motor does its best work over the final 2000rpm of the rev range, emitting an angry
blare from the
exhaust.
There's much less
exhaust blare emulating from behind me than you get from certain Italian marques, but it still sounds fabulous.
And as it downshift - blips up into its flat band of maximum power (328bhp between 5500 and 7000rpm), the
exhaust pops and fluffs and sputters before you get back on the power and reprise that spookily Porsche - like
blare.
Select Sport and it growls with a polished menace, and thankfully without the crass ECU - induced burbles and over-wrought
exhaust blare of an F - Type.
That is obvious from the moment you draw the SLS's gullwing door closed with a big heave from overhead, press the starter button on the center console, draw the paddle shift on the steering wheel forward to select first gear and accelerate hard out of the pit lane, followed by the
blare of an angry
exhaust.
While the
exhaust note is quite magnificent, it is the
blare of induction concentrated over your shoulder towards the rear wheelarches that's really special.
There is no crescendo up near the redline, just one urgent and omnipotent surge of revs accompanied by a flat and rather nondescript
blare of
exhaust.
But as soon as Moers finds a lonely stretch of road and extends the engine, a flap in the optional sport
exhaust system opens and the note grows in intensity and becomes a menacing
blare near the 6,600 - rpm redline.
And boy, does it sound good; there is a delicious rift of induction
blare and a hearty rumble through the
exhaust.
It is also a rocket, with a
blaring, burbling, roaring
exhaust that pleads for more accelerator pedal, more downshifts, more of everything.