Each leather hide is hand-stitched, the seats are slim-lined and scalloped for maximum comfort, and the car uses acoustic glazing, under-floor shields and hidden anti-vibration panels throughout the interior to suppress all unwanted noise.

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Thanks in part to ideas born at dB Drag events, the acoustic power of car stereo speakers has increased tenfold in the last ten years, from a maximum of 500 watts per square meter to 5, 000. (A loudspeaker at a rock concert puts out 2, 500 to 3, 000 watts.) Pioneer learned from dB Dragsters to cover speaker coils with ceramics to dissipate heat.

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