Indeed, there is a welcome smoothness to the ride in Comfort mode, with far less fidget over
coarse road surfaces.
Although wind and driveline noise are quite well suppressed, it seems Mazda has again failed to address tyre noise on
coarse road surfaces.
While cabin quietness mostly lived up to our expectations, some of Oregon's
coarse road surfaces incited tire roar that was impossible to ignore.
Not exact matches
During extensive testing, judges were less than impressed with the car's suicide rear - door design (the front door needs to be opened first), and also criticised the car's firm ride and intrusive
road noise on
coarse surfaces.
Do know, however, that if you live in a region where the
road surface is
coarse, lots of
road noise is transferred to the cabin, becoming a constant companion that almost requires the upgrade to the Harman - Kardon sound system.
Those air springs also make for noticeable
road roar over
coarse surfaces.
Driving back to back on identical
road surfaces, the all - new «PD» model is noticeably quieter; a little tyre thrum on
coarse chip
surfaces the only perceivable negative.
There was a little
road noise present on
coarser - chip
surfaces and wind noise is comparable to others in the segment (I spent the night prior in our long - term Clio RS).
The GT is generally quiet on the
road, but there's fair bit of noise from
coarse - chip
surfaces.
The engine note is audible when revved hard, but overall it's masked well and it is the
road noise that filters in especially on
coarse surfaces.
Wind noise is more prevalent at that speed, and there's some (minimal)
road noise, but the allroad is extremely quiet in most circumstances — even on
coarse - chip bitumen
surfaces.
Further sound suppression measures have dampened
road roar to an acceptable level, but the NX is still a little raucous over
coarse - chip
surfaces.
It's well sorted for wind and
road noise at freeway speeds too, with
surface noise only interrupting the diesel castanets on the
coarsest of tar.
But it gets noisy when it is cold or pushed closer to its 4500rpm redline, adding to a cocktail of
road noises that invade the cabin, most notably on
coarse surfaces.
To realize a quiet cabin environment that enables occupants to enjoy stress - free conversation while driving, particular effort was devoted to reducing low - frequency
road noise heard when traveling on
roads with
coarse surfaces, as well as high - frequency wind and tire noise heard when traveling at higher speeds.
Cabin noise is acceptably low for a light car, but
coarse surfaces do create some
road roar.
Not so much: >> Ride borders on too firm >> Right steering setting hard to find >>
Road noise off big tyres on
coarse surfaces
However, German
roads are very well maintained, and the sort of
coarse - chip
surface that's almost a universal constant on Aussie country
roads is nowhere to be seen in BMW's home market.