News Published on : 19-Apr-2022 12:39:37

What are the UK s noisiest new cars? Recently confused.com took an average of each vehicle model and manufacturer s reported noise level in decibels dB(A) from the last 5 years to find out. The loudest vehicle of the past five years is the 2019 version of the Jaguar F-Pace SVR with a decibel level of 86. To put that into context it s said that being exposed to noise over 70 dB(A) for a prolonged period of time could damage your ears. While you might not expect a Kia to rank among the loudest cars in the country it s the 2022 model year ProCeed that comes in second place (79.68 dB(A)). The Mercedes GLE-Class follows closely behind in third place with an average noise level of 78.50 dB(A) just beating the likes of the GLE Estate Model (78.17 dB9(A)). Following another Kia in fifth place (the Ceed) were 15 different vehicles all with a noise level of 75 dB(A) including 4 from Jaguar and 3 from Audi. Taking an average across all cars for each manufacturer in the last five years the loudest (albeit by a small margin) is Lotus with an average noise level of 73.65 dB(A). While no Lotus model appeared in the loudest overall the small number of models produced by them had a consistently high noise level. The research also revealed the quietest car models and manufacturers: Unsurprisingly each of the cars with the lowest average noise levels were electric vehicles. The Lexus UX 300e is the quietest overall despite Lexuses in general being amongst the loudest cars. The quietest car brand overall is Mazda with an average decibel level of 67 dB(A).