Have A Quiet Ride With Chevy

New Sound Deafening Engineering Will Redefine Ride Comfort

When you drive, you want to hear your music, the conversation with your fellow riders or maybe just some silence.  But you don't want to hear construction work or other distractions.  With the Chevy Cruze, Chevy has taken steps towards the ultimate quiet ride.

"The ride was not only free of vibration, it was big-car quiet, ” wrote MotorWeek’s John Davis. 

Compact cars are rarely associated with very quiet, refined interiors. Chevrolet's engineers developing the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze took that as a challenge: deliver the quietness of a larger, upscale vehicle while maintaining the value and efficiency of a compact.  See this video demo for how effective it truly is:

To meet their objectives for the U.S. market, engineers developed more than 30 acoustic treatments that mute unwanted engine, road, and wind noise. THe more significant features:

• 30 “Snickers bars” of expandable, sound-blocking baffles in the roofline and window frames quiet noise transmitted around the door openings
• The 26- x 50-inch hood liner features acoustic materials that mute engine noise  
• Two sound-absorbing mats on both sides of the front-of-dash panel isolate engine noise, and save three kilograms of weight by using lightweight materials
• A 15-millimeter-thick mat in the spare-tire well absorbs road noise
• Four wheel-well liners, backed with textile material, block tire noise
• A five-layer headliner muffles cabin noise

“Every noise masks other, quieter sounds,”  said Cruze Performance Manager, Brandon Vivian. “For example, reducing a wind whistle on the highway can uncover a tire rumble on coarse roads. With Cruze, we recently added a dampener to the fuel line, because the interior is so quiet that we could hear fuel flowing through the line.”

Aside from Motorweek's early review, DriverSide.com’s Alison Lakin had positive things to say about the Cruze's noise deafening technology.

Chevy engineers worked hard to improve sound damping in the car, and it has clearly paid off. The Cruze cabin reaches levels of luxury car quietness. Seriously." she wrote. 

The Chevy Cruze launches this month, so visit West Herr Chevrolet in Orchard Park or Hamburg for more information.