Quote Originally Posted by hari View Post
Having the opportunity to follow about 15 testdays with the Skoda Kreisel RE-X1 on all surfaces until now I can only report from my side that all the fuss about the missing / unusual sound is just a matter of being used to the common.

It was strange at the beginning, but after a suprisingly short time you get used to it. Now I already like the futuristic sound.
You cannot judge from the videos alone, the live impression is different. But it looks like a rally car, it drives like a car and its absolutely stunning to see how it envolves.

I have absolutely no fear about the future of our sport if it brings something in this direction in some years.
Exactly, it's not worse, it's different. Perhaps in some years somebody will find a way to make a fully sustainable, no caveat fuel to keep ICE engines alive in some way, shape or form, but should rally go electric it'll just be a matter of getting used to the new sound.

I'm in the minority, surely, that enjoyed Formula E's futuristic wooshing sound both times I saw them in person. I wouldn't dislike an electric rally car to have an amplified electric noise, for instance; and cars like Hayden Paddon's Kona EV already have a lot of electric whine noise, which sounds cool.

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