Our 2017 AMG C43 has a selector to allow the different exhaust modes to be selected.
Our 2019 AMG A35 does not, but by pulling one of the gear change paddles the engine starts in sports plus noise mode.
The new Plus Fours are quiet,
This is why:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32014R0540&from=EN
Yes, Europe is legislating the Sounds of Silence.
Tarka has a declared noise level of 86db at 4725 rpm.
The C43 is 95 db at 3750 rpm
The A35 is 81 at 3750 rpm
Given that db is a log scale Tarka and the A35 are really too quiet and need a sports exhaust!!
The C43 in Sports+ mode measured 108db at 4500 rpm using a db meter that clips on an iPhone. . IT is LOUD.. possibly anti social! I love it!
Side pipes for Tarka perhaps ?
