What cars have a really good sound nowadays?

Posted by MidgarZanarkand@reddit | askcarguys | View on Reddit | 38 comments

Between EV’s and turbo everywhere and downsizing, it’s hard to find a car that sounds really nice, seemingly. What cars still sound really good?

To start this off, I have a coworker with a newer BMW X5 M60i. Low key, it sounds MEAN. Not super loud but louder than one would expect a luxury SUV with a turbo to be. And just a very nice sound in general.

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Hou713832346@reddit

I would definitely say any of the BMW M cars.

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MealImportant728@reddit

The current generation M2,M3,M4 sounds horrible.

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Track2Trail@reddit

Unfortunately they're muffled by the turbos. Listen to an LC500 or the new C8 Corvette to hear what a symphony should sound like

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avoidhugeships@reddit

Mustangs sound great. The Shelby GT350 is in another league though.

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Interesting_Bill_456@reddit

Acura Integra Type S exhaust sounds great.

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JSTootell@reddit

I like quiet cars. I don't like attention whoring.

Unless it's on a racetrack and at race pace, then everything sounds good to me 😂

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RagingLeonard@reddit

A well tuned tasteful exhaust note is not "attention whoring". Nobody in this thread is taking about a clapped out Sentra with a fart pipe.

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Dimkadima@reddit

I love the sound on my Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio once the valves are open

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ColdWise4165@reddit

In stock form? Probably a GT350 for me.

Nothing else (at least what I can afford) really does it for me.

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busbybob@reddit

Im UK based so the bar to hit is probably lower. Ive got a 330i, the exhaust note is meaner at first startup and it sounds ok at full tilk. Not sure if the startup exhaust note and engine noises are the speakers or real. I drove a cupra leon current shape and it was laughably obvious it was speakers

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highersense@reddit

Americans dont have same emissions standards and so anything American built for america is gonna win this in 2026

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doc_55lk@reddit

Anything with 6 or more cylinders

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Saute_and_Pray@reddit

Did you mean 5? You’re excluding one of the best ones.

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SirWillae@reddit

The silence of my EV is golden

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oneaccountaday@reddit

I’m not a huge euro fan, but man an M6 or S4 sound cool.

I dont even like fords that much but a coyote has a wicked cackle.

A nice Hennessy Escalade and Z06 C8 sounded pretty good, the TRX also had a nice ring.

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nostalgia_addicts@reddit

Jaguar f pace svr

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jonnycooksomething@reddit

Yes. This and a Maserati Quattroporte. Best sound

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beastpilot@reddit

Corvette C8 Z06. Normally aspirated with a flat plane crank.

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ravage214@reddit

We used to call this the Maranello symphony

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Relevant_Election530@reddit

AMG v8s are my favorite engine sound

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Lordofpineapples@reddit

Mustang coyote

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docnsx01@reddit

my macan gts sounds enticing

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Tuques@reddit

Anything v8. Extra points if there's a supercharger whine too.

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Complete-Can3957@reddit

Porsche, once the valves open.

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Medical-Pear@reddit

Well my 90s Trans Am has a great sound nowadays since I still drive it.

As for newer cars pretty much anything with a V8, exhaust upgrades sometimes required and sometimes not. Camaro, Corvette, CT5BW, Mustangs when they aren't crazy raspy, some Dodges, etc.

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Federal-Carrot7930@reddit

Lexus LFA is one of my favorites.

For more modern cars I would say.

Audi RS3 Any turbo V8 AMGs IS500 CT5-V

No particular order.

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n0mad17@reddit

This guy gets it

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Hitt1te@reddit

WRX.

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Holla_Ackbar@reddit

I prefer the blowoff noise on Turbos (mostly Porsche 911s).

Sports cars that are turbos still sound really good.

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355F1@reddit

Lexus LC 500

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ratedsar@reddit

Porsches and Bmws (with the sport package) have a bypass exhaust gate to allow 2x as much flow from the muffler. it's toggleable through the interface on newer cars.

On my 2004 BMW, the second pipe opened only once warm, which is to be nice to leaving the house in the morning.

There are many loud cars out there though; but I do suspect that as electrification happens, ice collectors and hobbyists will find the sport tunes that accentuate the engine.

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MadDog00312@reddit

This is going to be an interesting thread to read for sure. I found car sounds so subjective that it’s going to be neat what people think “sounds good”.

I’ll start with the classic flat 6 from Porsche. The sound is great inside and outside the cabin.

I’ll also note the Ford Mustang GT350 with the flat crank V8.

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