Best Sounding Road Car?

[marcosgt]

One year an F40 passed us (slowly, around 75 mph) on the way back from Le Mans.

At that speed you could hear the mechanics of the engine working, valves, belts, that sort of thing, but not the exhaust howl.

That moment has stuck in my mind ever since - Pure magic.

Mark

[dj choc ice]

one car...

..ferrari F430 scuderia, one went screaming past me at full chat on the motorway today, shifted up and it pop'd and sounded like a F430 GT2, oh and that V8 made a pretty good noise as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W-Cj...eature=related

god i want one, i dont care if its a good £60,000 more than a normal F430, i would sell my soul to have one of these, hell i would buy it just for the noise alone!

[d-b]

hi

i used to have a chevy with a 5.7 v8 in and exhausts with no silencers that ended under the front seats
it never went out but with it in a concrete garage next doors garage used to vibrate with it running and you could here it from about 150 ft away

i once ran it for a mate(in the garage)with us in it and he said that when it started he instantly went deaf(then he got gassed by it)FUN

[BertMk2]

There was a Monaro around over the weekend - that sounded fantastic

[Belatti]

I think a Dodge GTX with a 5.2 liter V8 and a supercharger was one of the most astonishing things I have ever heard live (appart from a F1 car).

Appart from that, once I heard a Honda CBR600 F2 that sounded just like a F1 car.

Another mighty thing to hear at is a TC

Don´t know what a TC is?
Click here:
http://www.f1technical.net/forum/vie...t=4477&start=0

[terence]

The new Alfa 8C Competition.

[speedy jon]

Originally Posted by oily oaf

I've not heard it of course but I bet the Bugatti Veyron sounds a bit tasty with 16 cylinders, 4 blowers, 10001 bhp,921lb of tourque, a topspeed of 250mph and 0-186 in 14.0 seconds, but then again with a price tag of 750 big ones it bloody well needs to.

when the veyron went past my marshals post at goodwood it was very quiet

[speedy jon]

the ford focus st 5cylinder sounds nice.
mazda furi (hopefully that will be a road car 1day)
m3 e30 on full chat sounds like a monster
escort mk1/2 with a bda
and basically anything running twin dcoe carbs sounds lovely

[dj choc ice]

yesterday i heard the most astonishing sounding TVR cerbera, it was on straight pipes because it was ridiclously loud and when it let off the throttle it was crackling and popping, bloody awesome!

[Bluebottle]

Heard a great sounding Vincent Hurricane today


(I was driving it )

[Gerben24]

You don't have to spend 100K to have a great sounding piece of kit. For less than 15000 you'll get THIS! And mind you, this is all stock.

[dj choc ice]

this is the road CAR forum, not unless a yamaha has become a car all of a sudden

[Bluebottle]

Originally Posted by dj choc ice

this is the road CAR forum, not unless a yamaha has become a car all of a sudden

Last time I looked the mods of this forum were myself and John Turner, no mention of any ice-cream disk jocky person. I certainly welcome bikes into our discussions in the absence of a dedicated Road Bikes forum (I did suggest changing the name to suit a while back)
Having said that... perhaps it's a little unfair to include bikes in this thread since there are many great sounding bikes that we can see and hear on the roads most days (And some bloody awful sounding ones too!)

[TilkeWannabe]

For me, it has to be:

Ferrari F40
Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Pagani Zonda F
Bugatti Veyron

For non-road cars:
Aston Martin DBR9, best sounding of the whole lot!

[John Turner]

Originally Posted by TilkeWannabe

For non-road cars:
Aston Martin DBR9, best sounding of the whole lot!

Actually, the road going DB9 also sounds pretty superb. I witnessed one do a wheelie burn out under the bridge at last years Le Mans race and more recently, another departing the pay booths at the Dartford crossing. Wonderful sound; that V12 just sings!

[dj choc ice]

not a road car but its an aural orgasm and its british

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpPdKiSVHSA&feature=user

[GTRMagic]

VW Golf R32

[adstubbs]

My Corrado VR6 sounds pretty sweet when thrashed, but the new Focus RS sounds superb judging by the videos I've seen - verging on old school Quattro, with 5 cylinder thrum plus turbo noises. Want one!!

[nic.v814]

Any Holden v8 or Subaru turbo with a good exhaust system

[dj choc ice]

A Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 accelarated bloody hard from the lights in Preston today after i crossed the road in front of it, my god that car has a phenomenal soundtrack, sounds like a Judd 5.5 V10 but more gruff and angry, plus its just become my new dream car haha

[Razor]

My Father's Ford Utility truck with it's 5.0L/302 cubic inch V8 revving at 3-4000 rpm.

[bdwoody]

only just a road car but , 190 evo 2 dtm makes a beautiful sound at 11,000 rpm's and a whole lot of fun to drive to boot ..

[neiltb]

The V6 out of an alfa 164 super did it for me the day he passed me, glorious

[brands hatch]

BMW M3.

[bella]

bmw alpina b3 4.6litre v8. without a doubt.