But the OP has a Ford, and is asking why older Fords appeared to have “more turbo sound” and is asking why his brand new one doesn’t seem to have as much. Seems pretty relevant, no?That's fake noise, it's not the same as an actual, mechanical noise that cannot be tuned or turned off easily.
Ford is just partaking in a stupid trend of adding fake engine noises to make their lame offerings seem less lame. But it actually makes them look stupid.
Like the rental grade Mustang 2.3 ecoboost I had, where the fake noises didn't even match the accelerator input.
So yeah, I would not use Ford as an example.
OP, if it’s any consolation: my ‘19 3.5 EB turbos are more noticeable when spooling now at nearly 80k with the electronic noise disabled than they were when I got it at 23k… so I’d recommend putting some miles on it! Maybe reach out to AMS and see if they can make their “boost tubes” intake tract for your vehicle, I put them on mine and that as well is part of the increase in turbo noise. HTH…