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The New Rolls-Royce Ghost Was So Quiet, It Made Drivers Sick – Boss Hunting
According to lead engineer Jon Simms, the new Rolls-Royce Ghost proved “too quiet” during the design process – making test drivers disoriented & nauseaous.
I suppose most people don’t really consider the impact that sound has on comfort. We go about our day with a pretty consistent baseline ambience, never too quiet as to distract from hearing the old internal organs do their thing / the old inescapable thoughts of mortality edging us closer to the abyss… as well as other less weird comparisons. Something the team behind the new Rolls-Royce Ghost learned firsthand when they discovered it was “too quiet” during the design process.
While you’d assum…
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