Electric cars to get Star Wars sounds?

Buzz Bumble

Furry Ewok
This is from yesterday's local newspaper, The NZ Herald (Friday, 7 May) ...

And light sabres too?
Silent electric cars could soon be fitted with Star Wars-style sound effects to alert pedestrians. The European Commission plans to bring in rules that manufacturers must ensure a minimum volume of noise in place of the "warning" sound of an engine. But rather than simply replicate the brum, brum sound of an engine, some makers are keen to use sounds more akin to Star Wars. For instance, a spokesman for Lotus Engineering says the new Evora 414E Hybrid makes a sound similar to Han Solo's Millennium Falcon spacecraft. (Source: Daily Mail)

Why not just keep using the sound people know means a car? :rolleyes:

Besides, the Lotus Evora doesn't look much like the Millennium Falcon to me ... it looks more like Anakin's Podracer. :)

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Napalm

Subgenius Jedi
I can't stop picturing a car speeding down the road belting out a TIE fighter scream.
 
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