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Interior Noise

Small economy cars aren’t going to compete with big luxury sedans on noise, and the xD is no exception. The xD serves up some wind noise from the mirrors and road noise from the rear, but neither is especially loud. The 1.8- liter engine is a bit noisy on acceleration, about the same as the Toyota Corolla or the xB. Taking it all into account, noise wasn’t so much as to be annoying or really compete with the audio system. That’s a nice plus in a subcompact economy car.