The 21 Best Sounding Race Cars You've Ever Heard

The stunning sound of a race car is one of the most special and exhilarating elements of motorsport. We asked for you for the best-sounding racing machines you’ve ever heard, and there were some brilliant suggestions

Jack Leslie

23 Jul 2016

A mean sounding Le Mans beast, all from a four-rotor engine!

How F1 cars are meant to sound, right? This was one of the most dominant cars to ever race in the series.

Love the feisty rumble from this GT car!

A gorgeous sound for a gorgeous (and very expensive) car.

That sounds brutal, wow. Just wow.

When WRC cars sounded as mean as they looked!

Because modern F1 cars sounded good too, up until recently!

A great sound from a hugely successful F1 car, which took 16 wins and four world titles (two drivers’ championships, two constructors’) in 1989 and 1990.

Check out the original post with more suggestions right here. Think we have missed some out? Let us know (with a video) in the comments below!

Comments

A lot of great sounds there. The two I see are missing are the Mercedes 300 SLR/W196,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncOmhsl3fOc

i think we need more power

????? :(

Italy… What a place….

I find the lack of Ferrari 312P Berlinetta most disturbing. It is the greatest sound ever made by a V12 IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMl-R_NenjA

Correction on No.5, the car isn’t called “S1E2”, it’s called Audi Sport Quattro E2.. Calling it S1E2 is wrong and is in direct contradiction to the regulations at the time; FISA stipulated that all evolution models had to be referred to by an “E” letter only.

Plus it makes no sense calling it S1E2 since you’re basically calling it “Evolution 1 Evolution 2”.. It’s either one or two. That’s all.