They're the same for safety. People need to build a subconscious mental model of what a car sounds like so they can be safe as pedestrians and cyclists.

If there were 1000 different sounds, that mental model would never form.

I want to do this very thing if/when I have an electric car. I specifically want that old school cartoon jalopy sound. Put put put put BANG BANG put put put put

That's a great idea! I would just record myself making car noises and use that.

This is a you think you want this but you don't moment. If this is allowed you will constantly hear ads or people saying check out my channel at annoying.TV as they use driverless cars to circle your block.

I'd finally have a use for all those ringtones I bought in the 2000s

I’d argue the sound should be standardized across all models. It needs to be immediately recognizable to nearby pedestrians.

Just like this:

I don't think the manufacturers want to open that can of worms. You do have a choice of different sounds on some cars. I think it's good that they all sound similar, making them more recognisable.

Old hybrids didn't have those sounds and they're dead quiet at low speeds which is creepy.

I want the sound of a man making car noises with his mouth

Just like saying "THUNK" when the doors close or "vrrrrrrr- Vrrrrrrrr" or making engine starting noised when you turn it on

It obviously needs to be the Jetson's sound

https://youtu.be/4NgSZ8sjDgU

As someone who lives in a city and is constantly exposed to car noise: No.

Like, people have no idea how loud cars are. When I turn the volume of my ear buds to 100%, it hurts my ears. It's so loud it's uncomfortable. But when I'm riding my bike along the street to the city center, I can barely hear my podcasts, even at 100%

I'm not suggesting the following is standard, but the specific sound my car makes allows for people to not just hear the car, but to also know what direction the sound is coming from. The sound is engineered this way.

Compare this with those utility trucks that have those signature "reverse/backing up" (beep...beep...beep) sounds. You can hear it, but it's almost impossible to tell from what direction. It's been a complaint by blind people, and there's still worker incidents where they step into a moving path of a vehicle despite the sound.

You can even make sounds that work against this technique. Home audio systems use directional audio to give the effect of sounds being in certain locations. I wouldn't want people to be able to change a car sound to something that is more dangerous.

Weird that no car manufacturer implemented some overpriced "car sound store" where you can change the obnoxious default UFO sound with another sound from a list for only $29.99 each

Under 20 I want choo-choo train noise, 20-50 would be tie fighter noise, over 50 flight of the valkyries.

I'm of two minds about this. On one hand, I could drive a car that makes a TIE fighter sound, or the time machine DeLorean from Back to the Future.

On the other hand, someone could have their car make the Dumb and Dumber "most annoying sound in the world," or just one long continuous wet fart, or pro-fascist propaganda. Or worse, something completely silent and incredibly dangerous.

Maybe if you could download special sound packs, like you can for GPSes. I bet Lucasfilm and Universal would go for that.

You already can on some. Hella videos of people doing it in Teslas, but my BF's hybrid can also change the electric engine sound (or just leave it silent).

You can but it takes some work

jetsons car sound

Would absolutely drive around with the spaceship noise from Scooby Doo.

The sound from a car is mostly tire noise.

Can you imagine the sound of traffic if you lived next to a main road 🤣

I wish I could change the sound on mine. When we reverse it sounds like a Temu TARDIS.

Mambo de Chocobo lets go

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N lets you do that. But it's also crazy money.