sounds like a gas guzzler. close your eyes now and compare that sound to the 69 mustang. can you tell the difference? it is a feat of audio, not auto engineering and a lot of cars are doing it. hollywood engineer peter brown did the sound for the fast and furious movies and the nissan leaf. they wanted it to sound fast and furious and wanted hollywood s input. you have electric razor. reporter: the result a sound not from the engine but the car s speakers. i can imagine the day where you could change the sound in your car as easily as the ring tone on your phone. mustang mach one. detroit seems to be betting that most of us still love the good old-fashioned sound of the muscle. david wright, abc news. guys have been doing this a long time. you can go to auto shop and pick
those iconic rides and hot rod era has a certain style, something missing with the more efficient engines is the noise. the vroom, vroom hasn t disappeared but it is not coming from your engine. not anymore. not from the engine itself. vroom, vroom, into the room. vroom, david wright explains. reporter: nothing more american than that sound. it is a great performer. reporter: deep dark growl of the v-8 engine. from the muscle cars that inspired the beach boys. she s real fine my 409 reporter: or the ones that catapulted the likes of steve mcqueen. but it turns out many modern cars are faking it. this is the new 2015 mustang, an eco-boost turbo four cylinder with an eight cylinder sound. in other words, a green car that sounds like a gas guzzler.
know gas prices are down but may go up and they want to make sure whatever vehicle they have even if it s a little bit bigger vehicle than they original thought they were going to buy, they want great fuel economy. reporter: lower prices can mean layoffs for thousands of oil and gas workers. of course that affects people spending money which affects our business that way too. the question is when prices like these will bottom out and the fact is we don t know. but it is now looking more likely that by the end of the month the entire country could see an average price below $2 a gallon. clayton sandell, abc news, tomball, texas. 45 states with gas under $2 a gallon. that is good to hear. a relief for a lot of folks but now you know what we do we go buy the gas guzzlers again. i know. i m all about my gas guzzler and my black pants. and apparently hair extensions.
know although gas prices are down eventually they may go up and they want to make sure whatever vehicle they have, even if it s a little bit bigger vehicle than they original thought they were going to buy, they want great fuel economy. reporter: lower prices can also bring a drop in production meaning potential layoffs for thousands of oil and gas workers. of course that affects people spending money which affects our business that way too. the question is when prices like these will bottom out and the fact is we just don t know. but it is now looking more likely that by the end of the month the entire country could see an average price below $2 a gallon. clayton sandell, abc news, tomball, texas. 45 states with gas under $2 a gallon. that is good to hear. a relief for a lot of folks but now you know what we do, we go buy the gas guzzlers again. i know. i m all about my gas guzzler and my back tight pants. and apparently hair extensions.
advocates are concerned that this may ultimately cost consumers a whole lot more when these large commercial entities push up prices for their services. moving on, fascinating story if you re a bit of a car nut, like i am. the f-150 this is the ford pickup is going to get an aluminum body. i think you folks say aluminum. whichever way you cut it, it s a very light metal, it s going on the bodies of these cars, and ford says it will help cut down costs on fuel because they re going to shed, what, 700 pounds by putting this new chassis or this new body on the chassis. my question is, though, this is still a 3 1/2-liter v-6 you re running in this car at face model. that s still a bit of a gas guzzler. thomas, back to you. aluminum? is that how you say it? aluminum. oh, that. i thought we were talking about alimony payments or something like that.