Every car company is taking a slightly different approach when it comes to the sounds of their electric vehicles. Some are hiring famous composers, others are putting mics and amplifiers on the electric motor to pump up its natural vibrations. The reborn Scout is going to be doing something a little more... agricultural. It's heading back to its roots to make each Scout sound like a Scout. That might seem like a good idea, but in this case, its roots mean more than just cars.
"All of the sounds inside the vehicle, we want them to feel authentic to us and unique," Scout Chief Design Officer Chris Benjamin told Automotive News at the LA Auto Show. To help make those authentic sounds, Scout has gone to great lengths by traveling to interesting locations across the country.
One sound team headed to a farm in Adairville, Kentucky, Benjamin said. There, they put sound equipment in a silo to capture the noises of the farm. Why capture farm sounds? Because the original Scout was built by International Harvester, a company that built all kinds of machinery including tractors and farm equipment. That first vehicle was an IH model aimed at farmers who needed something that could go out of the fields.
Another team put a classic Scout into an anechoic chamber at Scout's development center. They captured more old-school vehicle sounds like the opening and closing of doors, locks clicking, and even the sound of the vintage 304 V8. That's at least something you associate with a car.
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