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

My reaction while listening to all of these cars

Nice toyota

Be patient, keep watching… 😂😂

listening to all these cars got me like…

I am disappointed that at least 3 of these didn’t make the list:

The IMSA GTO sounds so good <3

The BRM is here. Or are you talking about mk1? Sorry if I’m wrong, I’m confused😃

V8 DTM and the IMSA, me like very much

The FW14 is the best sounding Williams. Original V10 that started the dominance of that arrangement.

There are only 21 😂

Edited, not sure what went on there

It might not be an ‘eargasm’ however I have always loved the sound of hybrid cars switching to ICE on the move - it might not be an exhaust noise but there’s a lot to be said for the mechanical noises that a racing car makes. Such as a gearshift or rubbing brake pads etc…

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

Expected the FXX, but nice list

Pretty sure the 2002 F1 sounds imperial to me

need the Alpine A110 1800VA Safari Rallye!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDF1pAzltD4&ab_channel=alpineLAB

who’s your favourite YouTuber when it come to car sound videos?

I like 19Bozzy92, and I see a few of his videos on the list.
This is the link to his channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG38eNTt_GlasSyTYiCr7WQ