Growl of last combustion-engine Jaguar sports car preserved
- 16th August 2023
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- Posted by Ruth Vant
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The “unmistakeable, supercharged” sound of the Jaguar F-Type V8 will be stored for posterity in Britain’s national library, the luxury car manufacturer said Wednesday, as it moves towards a quieter, electric future.
Image: A Jaguar F-Type V8 Convertible (FREDERIC J. BROWN)
Recorded inside a special chamber at the carmaker’s engineering plant in central England, the exhaust note of the last combustion-engine Jaguar sports car was recorded as it performed a number of gear shifts and acceleration sprints.
Recordings of the famous growl will be submitted to the British Library’s archives alongside other culturally significant sounds such as the first street recordings of cars.
Charles Richardson, senior sound engineer with Jaguar, said the sounds were “something we want to be available for generations to come.
“Archiving it with the British Library allows us to do that, and that’s something we’re very proud of,” he added.
