---
title: "Mercedes-Benz, VAIO Team Up to Give This Laptop Engine Sound Effects"
description: "Sure beats the usual startup chime."
date: "2017-05-25"
modified: "2017-05-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/10651/mercedes-benz-sony-team-up-to-give-this-vaio-laptop-engine-sound-effects"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "custom"
  - "Laptop"
  - "Mercedes-Benz"
  - "Sony"
---

# Mercedes-Benz, VAIO Team Up to Give This Laptop Engine Sound Effects

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/05/img_mercedes_01.jpg>)
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If you've ever sat around thinking about how your laptop doesn't have a great [exhaust note,](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9920/this-chevy-camaro-zl1s-exhaust-was-so-loud-it-set-off-the-airbags>) Mercedes-Benz and VAIO have some good news for you. The two companies are teaming up on an ultra-limited-edition run of VAIO Z laptops with a whole bunch of Daimler design touches, including [a startup sound of a Mercedes *vigorously* accelerating](<https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/24/15685368/vaio-z-mercedes-benz-special-edition-laptop-car-goes-vroom-vroom>) (click the link to listen) from a standstill.

Maddeningly, [the website doesn't say](<https://vaio.com/products/z131/#mercedes>) which sports car the exhaust note came from—jump in the comments below if you can tell—but it sounds nice and throaty as it works through four gears before fading into the distance. In addition to the new noise, the MB-inflected laptop also sports a number of three-pointed stars, a blue backlit keyboard to reference the company's [Vision Tokyo concept,](<https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/mercedes-benzs-new-vision-tokyo-concept-self-driving-lounge>) and your choice of the Vision Tokyo or a classic 300SL laser-engraved on the back of the screen.

Even though [the 300SL](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/3769/watch-jay-leno-scratch-the-hell-out-of-his-vintage-mercedes>) is the obvious choice for enthusiasts, it would still be pretty funny to have a futuristic electric car on a laptop that makes internal combustion sounds every time it boots up. But don't look for anything out of the ordinary under the hood, so to speak: the 256GB solid state drive, 8GB RAM, and Intel i7 processor are all carried over from the car-less VAIO Z.

If this sounds like your cup of tea, you better move fast (and also to Japan, where it's being sold), as VAIO only plans to make 100 of these special editions for over $2,200 a pop.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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