[Teknique]

Just wanted to poll the audience,

I'm in love with the exhaust note of the Jaguar F-type.

I also like the new M3, and recently heard one modified by Performance One with what looks to be an Akrapovic exhaust and midpipe that also sounded absolutely great.

Both these cars would be a hoot to drive fast, but I most like the fact that even at moderate driving speeds, they can both sound amazing. I think it's the crackle of the overrun that's the intoxicating bit.

Probably not something I can buy in the near future, but I can aspire right? I was wondering if you guys have any other recommendations of cars that sound as good as these two I could look into.

Obligatory hot pix:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t31.0-8/10865853_808056142566585_5072928906950755857_o.jpg

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/images/jaguar/f-type/1-Jaguar-F-type-Coupe-main-image-large.jpg

[trollguy]

just to be clear- you are asking which cars you could buy with nice exhaust notes that are cheaper than the two aforementioned cars, yes

[Gucci Mane]

i'm also in LOVE with the crackles and pops that the f-type r's exhaust makes..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PunJGevSv8w

:sweetjesus:


this is also intoxicating in its own right,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDVnFmHDbR8

also this,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flUFM3LXjno

[Akinari]

Buying a car simply for the sound it makes, ignoring everything else would be a huge mistake.

Buy a car for how it performs, how it looks, and how it sounds, a whole package. If it doesn't sound quite the way you want it to, that can always be fixed with aftermarket parts afterwards.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, most of the new turbocharged cars with dual-clutch transmissions have a sudden fuel cut-off when downshifting/up shifting that's why there's a pop or crackle, and the F-Type just purposely runs rich therefore it pops and crackles that much? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Timpo]

If you're looking for exhaust sound...get a Ferrari.
348, F355 and 360 Modena are becoming "affordable"
308 and 328 will also give you classic sound of Ferrari. Mondial, Dino GT4 are considered as entry level Ferrari but not my favorite.

360 Modena
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBalNPD-wM8

F355
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Em9Pv8D3gM

348
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7So5wkSFdI

[J.C]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQTVHCOfNNo

E60 M5

[westopher]

OP you may be the first person in the world to compliment the new m3/m4s exhaust note. That car is a LOT of amazing things, but compared to previous generations, its sound is probably the worst out of all of them. Every review of them so far has complained about it.
So therefore my recommendation for a cheaper car that sounds good is any m3 other than the new one.
Lol @ this video. Track day with a full cage and no helmet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU4bws3XTp0

[dared3vil0]

http://youtu.be/oN8pHJ3sQ0Q?t=34s


/thread

[Gucci Mane]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZqAckA0wMg

[Teknique]

OP you may be the first person in the world to compliment the new m3/m4s exhaust note.

Oh no, I agree that the stock new M3/M4 exhaust note is nothing to write home about. It was specifically the pictured Sakir Orange M4 with the Akrapovic exhaust that gave it a more distinctive sound I liked a ton.

And yeah, the intent of the original post was a run down of potential cars that sound great, that I possibly haven't come across yet that may be in the same price range or lower.

[Bender Unit]

350z or G35/37
I always admire thire VQ35 exhaust note sounds.

[SpeedStars]

Subbie boxer rumbles :sweetjesus: that exhaust note lets you know its a subbie without even looking

[Akinari]

Lol at Timpo saying old Ferraris are becoming affordable. While true, you are entirely forgetting the fact that it costs over $5000 a year for maintenance, on a good day when nothing fails, and there's a lot of things that are prone to failing in a 355.

[jcmaz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31scZ36ySAo

Subaru rumble and Nissan's VQ exhausts sound terrific.

[Mr.C]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPOpgP9pEk

[white rocket]

I really like the distinct Boxer engine exhaust note. As some one once said, "Sounds like a 50 gallon barrel filled with rubber balls rolling down a hill". Anything Ferrari or Porsche(both air and water cooled) have a distinct sound to them.

[BrRsn]

G35/G37 sound too manufactured IMO. It's distinct, I'll give it that.


If I had to pick one, probably this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMjv8RIBVw


Like an obese giant with a dry whooping cough :sweetjesus:

[trollguy]

Like an obese giant with a dry whooping cough :sweetjesus:


does BrRsn mean Brown Raisin

[knight604]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9UMhrey63c

[325isMSPORT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qju9iEFqp3Y

[double0seven]

honda pls,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRBbdyWOJM

[tastic]

To this day still the most epic roar I have experienced IRL was from the now obsolete naturally aspirated 6.3L from the C63 AMG. Don't get me wrong...I like boost...but that engine is just pure...well...engine. The exhaust note from that motor and out the back was so raw...made the hairs on my neck stand up!

[flagella]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YPabCzxMXM

starts at 0:34

What's the point of this thread again?

[Timpo]

Lol at Timpo saying old Ferraris are becoming affordable. While true, you are entirely forgetting the fact that it costs over $5000 a year for maintenance, on a good day when nothing fails, and there's a lot of things that are prone to failing in a 355.

I am quite aware of Ferrari maintenance cost as I am always on FerrariChat.com

Of course European cars will be unreliable, especially Italians, but BMW M3 and Jaguar F-Type are not known to be a reliable car on the road either.

Yes, the maintenance cost will be expensive and you have to be ready for occasional $10-15k repair, but again, other European cars are not that reliable.

Also check out this guy's channel, he always talks about how to afford a supercar and exotics can be cheaper than modified Japanese cars too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46ekbmlQUY

[xjc11]

One of the best exhaust notes IMO

e60 m5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF4tzYf4bJs

[hotong]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3M8fqwHcIo

[bcuzracecarz]

E60 M5 with Eisenman race exhaust is the best sounding imo, absolutely screams...was all fun and games for my brother who had that setup till the motor blew lol

BMW M5 with Hamann parts + Eisenmann exhaust (lovely sound!) - YouTube

[inv4zn]

Breaking news:

40% of the entire Internet's traffic right now is originating from Timpo's computer as he feverishly looks for exhaust videos and pictures of cars with fancy exhausts (bonus points for nailed on overfenders)

More to follow, in the form of replies to this post from Timpo himself.

[SupraTTturbo2jz]

love the m5 v10 engine/exhaust sound imo and next up is lexus lfa then g35/37

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmWj0-3BRw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUE114w2F_A

[StylinRed]

Novel Japans exhaust for the RCF http://youtu.be/CAUFxstAYTo

No aftermarket headers yet but they say they're coming out with one

[Akinari]

Mazda 26B with its usual lumpiness :sweetjesus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NckAj8YVXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3T4g2jnNy8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaC19p4Avp4

But if we're talking about stock, modern non-exotic vehicles, having driven the new Abarth several times in the past, I'd have to say it's hands-down the best sounding stock exhaust of any new vehicle, maybe only rivaled by the F-Type. Seriously, the Abarth exhaust is all sorts of insane and it's very loud, with its pops bangs and crackles, it's really something else, especially since it's a straight pipe setup from factory :megusta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shVaAJuXcxw

The Abarth is the car I almost got, just for its exhaust :derp: it's such an impractical, tiny vehicle, but I was absolutely mesmerized and in love with its exhaust that I was so close to dropping my money down on one. It's just that good!

[FN-2199]

Subbie boxer rumbles :sweetjesus: that exhaust note lets you know its a subbie without even looking

http://youtu.be/ELJj8X-jclA

:troll:

[richardmozis]

Hard to beat in terms of sound and not hard to make a C63 sound like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRfwix-ntg

[boatcaptain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At7UuZm8VYc

[rriggi]

No bias but the E60 M5 +1.

A E39 M5 with a proper exhaust sounds better though...

The E60 M5 with any exhaust just becomes far too loud, I had race cats, straight piped to RPI mufflers. Although in the car it didnt drone and bother me, people on the sidewalk would hold ears as I went by so I had to quiet it down. No video online can demonstrate just how loud it actually is...

And an RB26 with a screamer pipe also sounds fantastic.

[sdubfid]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v4VxBBGjRA

[a00755836]

i love it when ferraris have their active exhaust valve open up at around 3000rpm.

skip to 3/4ths of the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3envVRJgTAA

[LP700-4]

This is not affordable at all but a Carrera GT with straight pipes = :sweetjesus:

http://youtu.be/E3hhK1EbUHY?t=35s

And for the F-Type id probably want the V6 S rather than the V8. Sounds so much more F1 esque.

[Teknique]

Agreed!

This is the bit that started the love affair, the V6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KFA7p7_aQ

[herman]

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/pjsgt3/Track%20Videos/th_018.mp4
997.1 RS, custom exhaust (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc36/pjsgt3/Track%20Videos/018.mp4)

Unable to get photobucket videos to embed.

[Timpo]

honda pls,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRBbdyWOJM
if you can't afford Ferrari, motorcycles do sound really good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNXZHwQNh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgLEVX1itg

[asian_XL]

I start to like EV and its quietness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqFWvAplIKc

[vudooca]

oh please lol

http://youtu.be/ut6e0YCQnkQ?t=20s

[beebob]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al3ym7eTDDw

[vo_hantu]

Should have gone to old Byrne road meets on Thursday nights if you wanted to hear exhausts.

The m5 I'm pretty familiar with haha //mperor

[dared3vil0]

Headphones = max volume. Trust me.


http://youtu.be/wLOigpqAPzI?t=33s

[GotRice?]

Volvo XC90... yup that's right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4ZWHsKcZE

[RRxtar]

Hnngggggg :sweetjesus:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzA8ficCHmE#t=27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvAC6vaJHxU#t=15

[westopher]

I love the way the pre 2000s ferraris sound. Its like a sport bike with 4-5x the displacement. Those and 70's porsches marble mobiles take the cake for me.

[Gucci Mane]

Agreed!

This is the bit that started the love affair, the V6.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6KFA7p7_aQ

pfft, of course the old fart is going to like the v6...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m46ds7UxxQI

[Akinari]

Volvo XC90... yup that's right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4ZWHsKcZE
This surprised me at first, until I did a bit of digging about the engine, then it didn't surprise me at all. Yamaha knows how to make a great sounding engine.

[kunoman1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ldvnlJXzQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7WRlxgMEeg

I personally think its an intoxicating sound

[Akinari]

:lawl: imagine hearing this, then looking around only to discover in disbelief it was coming from the S80

http://youtu.be/P4Vh0eidjUg

[R. Mutt]

Reasonably Affordable
Driver's Car
Timeless styling
Amazing Sound

NSX

[SkunkWorks]

My old 240Z with a triple Mikuni stroked L28 was amazing... Would post but not sure how to FB embed. Honestly better than the aircooleds in the garage right now.

Otherwise, M5 on Eisenmann race pipes. Holy. Fuck.

http://youtu.be/xCtJVbJEHZg

[tofu1413]

+1 to abarth.

dat factory brap. I have yet to hear a car under 30k that makes that noise from the factory.

+1 to 240Z as well. ran a full straight pipe with an ansa muffler. the car sings like a balanced inline 6 at high rpm.

[asian_XL]

550hp LS3 FWD minivan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0H5sP-prk#t=23

[Teknique]

Volvo XC90... yup that's right...


Wow is that a stock Volvo?

That's exactly the low rumble I find so alluring.

The Ferrari's are nice and all, but the high revving wail sets my teeth on edge a little bit. There's something much more soothing and/or menacing about the low rumble from the M5s and apparently, that Volvo SUV!

Nice find!

[Amaru]

E60 M5 sounds like heaven, this thread is proof of its universal appeal.

May I also submit the E55 AMG: http://youtu.be/cWmHN6FN_Cs

[rJZx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7B_lYa5fO4

[R. Mutt]

That vid never gets old.

[thebrownboy]

For stock exhaust, IMO, the C63 is the best sounding for the price range (70-100k). Of course, a supercar will sound better but I doubt many of us will buy one. And I mean the older 6.2L M156 motors, not the new 4.4L or whatever turbo bulls***.

And I may or may not be biased towards it because I own a 2012 with the performance package. :troll:

[euromoron]

Surprised no one's posted any JZs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFwhCduV3fo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCx9mbj6dMs

[R. Mutt]

2JZ sounds bad ass with an external dump and the wastegate going batshit...but I wouldn't call it intoxicating....I'd lean more toward intimidating.

[underscore]

These aren't in here yet? You guys make me sad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2JUGLLagcw

http://youtu.be/yfYC_CBNtiM?t=1m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EANxs9pDKKc

http://youtu.be/b4OAAyMNWJQ?t=1m23s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az39eqLIbyU&spfreload=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNlwHWpyJWE

This is an odd one but I love the way it sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkLQJfIfgwU

Bonus: Some of the greats from back in the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7UFq0PYhYI

[underscore]

Oh and I almost forgot, courtesy of Volvoman http://www.revscene.net/forums/672452-old-man-car-lexus-gs400-2.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkli1pfXZWY#t=27

[zilley]

if you can't afford Ferrari, motorcycles do sound really good...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNXZHwQNh0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxgLEVX1itg

a bunch of fucking morons.. clip 1 at 2:03 the guy cant even ride with his feet up..

[jinxcrusader]

Abarth for sure.
Skip to 0:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfQ73shGGoc&t=43

[A-Dev]

http://youtu.be/OhNIeZ7FzwU?t=40s

[Klondike]

Volvo XC90... yup that's right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSDtrCxpKKI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4ZWHsKcZE

Volvo V8s :sweetjesus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Vh0eidjUg

[jpark]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33wnxuxAKg

["DA"token Black]

I get to hear the 6.3's, & M's all day.
I prefer the 6.3's over the M's sound any day.

[Yodamaster]

How the fuck has nobody mentioned Datsuns?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdgQ4u2cIBU

[SituAsian]

My favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_YPN-lFUMo
probably a bit biased cause i own a z33 but gawd damn still a killer exhaust note.

[SkunkWorks]

How the fuck has nobody mentioned Datsuns?

Scroll up. Post #55.

[ed99]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c33wnxuxAKg

What a beast. Sick exhaust notes.

[nns]

Sorry to bump an old thread but i think is worthy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXESWCf2RyQ

[Cman333]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeWDzzthn0