It's certainly poppy, and throaty on throttle, but you can accelerate gently and its quiet. Plus it only pops on the overrun.

To put this in context, I don't like noisy exhausts. The sports exhaust which came with my Roadster was impossibly loud with a terrible resonant drone at 70. I changed that back to standard on my second day of ownership.

This is nothing like that. The noise from the GDI is a pleasant sporty sound. MrsW has no problem with it.

DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4