Dang, that powertrain sure makes a bunch of noise, whining all the time. It's especially irritating when you put your foot down and hammer the throttle. That's when you get to listen to the squealing cries of the continuously variable transmission (CVT), the shiver that goes up the chassis when the four-cylinder kicks on and the thunks and electric whine when you slow to a stop. Wind and tire noise is also pretty noticeable, but those bugaboos are drowned out by the sound of the hybrid powertrain, doin' it's magic. That's okay – just turn up the nice Bose audio system and pretend you don't hear a thing.