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Mon 29 Aug, 2011 02:28 am
But the owner-satisfaction issue for the new Z4 is not fury but sound, and the lack thereof.
The journalist is trying to describe a new BMW car. My understanding of the sentence is that "The car owners do not show much excitement for this new model of car, they just think so-so of the new model and lack enthusiasm for it.
Is my interpretation right or not?
not fury but sound, and the lack thereof. =
(the feedback is ) not fury (not exciting), instead it's sound - and there's a lack of even a sound about it.
In other words, owners aren't even talking about it. No one is generating excitement about this car. Not a good sign.
@PUNKEY,
I think it's because it's a sports car, and the owners think it should make a sporty roar like a traditional sports car, and it doesn't. The engine is too quiet.
@Nancy88,
It's also a reference to Macbeth's soliloquy, 'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.' Later the name of a novel by William Faulkner.
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:Later the name of a novel by William Faulkner.
Which was a tale told by and about an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
@Setanta,
It is one of my favourites by Faulkner.
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