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The noise and vibration properties of diesel engines call for increased efforts in manufacturing passenger cars to achieve a level of comfort comparable to gasoline cars. Severe problems arise at low engine speed when high compression forces give rise to vehicle body vibrations. Together with the vibration behavior at mid and high engine speed this fact demands a careful selection of engine mount position and mount properties. This selection must be made with respect to both the engine vibration excitation and to the vibration response of the vehicle body. Noise within the vehicle is influenced by the transfer of vibration energy from the engine into the vehicle structure and its radiation into air, as well as by the noise characteristics of the engine and the sound transmission properties of the vehicle cabin.