2010 Road Noise

[Garmy]

Has there been any mention of improvement in road noise on the new prius?

[HTMLSpinnr]

Not specifically. I tried some doors and windows closed time w/ one or two others to see how "quiet" the interior may be, but the outside noise of the room was still pretty apparent w/ the windows up. I'm going to guess it's not Lexus quiet. There was also mention that there wasn't much sound deadening material in the hatch area, but a couple of these cars were still final prototype level (missing stickers, old badging, etc.)

[HTMLSpinnr]

I should also mention that tire selection and pressures will have something to do w/ this as well, and the tire selection had not been finalized as of the viewing.

[gtarr]

As an Ex Toyota HQ Guy in the Early 90's when we introduced the Lexus the quiet interior was a huge selling point

After driving the 09 Prius for a few thousand miles in the Bay Area Mix of Roads, the Road Noise and Lack of Quality Insulation is the only nit picking I can find to talk about

As Prius moves up a class and starts to get some competition from Honda on the Hybrid Handling, I would hope Toyota could improve the Interior Noise Penetration on rough roads

I guess we will have to see the measured decibal tests from the Magazines. DOes anyone Have stats of the 2010 Honda Insight , 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid and 2009 Prius so we can benchmark the 2010 Prius for Interior Noise at 50 MPH and 70 MPH

Originally Posted by HTMLSpinnr

I should also mention that tire selection and pressures will have something to do w/ this as well, and the tire selection had not been finalized as of the viewing.

[patsparks]

There seemed to be considerable work on noise supression, there was a slide I saw somewhere showing noise deadening mat under carpets, seats on bulkheads and in the doors.

[spwolf]

Originally Posted by HTMLSpinnr

Not specifically. I tried some doors and windows closed time w/ one or two others to see how "quiet" the interior may be, but the outside noise of the room was still pretty apparent w/ the windows up. I'm going to guess it's not Lexus quiet. There was also mention that there wasn't much sound deadening material in the hatch area, but a couple of these cars were still final prototype level (missing stickers, old badging, etc.)

let me hazard a guess that 2010 will be significantly quieter than 2004, despite showroom floor noise :-)

[Gadgetdad]

I'm hoping it is better insulated, but I will be upgrading the speakers and adding noise dampening materials to the doors anyway. I did my '07 and the sound quality and noise reduction was obvious and worth every penny.

Lee

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by spwolf

let me hazard a guess that 2010 will be significantly quieter than 2004, despite showroom floor noise :-)

Yeah but it won't be Camry-like quiet. They didn't add the rear wheel well insulation or acoustic windshield.

[gtarr]

Can you share with us what products you purchased and how you installed the Sound Insulation in the doors in case we need it for the 2010

Originally Posted by Gadgetdad

I'm hoping it is better insulated, but I will be upgrading the speakers and adding noise dampening materials to the doors anyway. I did my '07 and the sound quality and noise reduction was obvious and worth every penny.

Lee

[ibmindless]

Originally Posted by gtarr

Can you share with us what products you purchased and how you installed the Sound Insulation in the doors in case we need it for the 2010

Yeah, I would be interested to learn how effective the insulation is and what the total cost was --- if you don't mind sharing.