Acoustic flooring

The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a vehicle acoustic flooring for a vehicle floor surface, comprising the steps of: providing at least one carpet insert (10) and placing the carpet insert (10) into a forming tool (16); providing a thermoplastic base layer (12) and placing the base layer (12) into said forming tool (16) covering said carpet insert (10) to laminate the carpet insert to a surface of the base layer (12) forming a laminated structure; forming the base layer so as to bring the laminated structure into a shape corresponding to said vehicle floor surface to be covered by the flooring; wherein, in said laminated structure, only part of the surface of the base layer (12) is covered by carpet (10). The invention also provides for respective vehicle acoustic properties.