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Car sounds. Sound effects and vehicle ambience

From sports cars like Ferraris and Porsches to hard-working vehicles like dump trucks, buses, and police cars, here’s an introduction to a wide variety of car sounds.

This playlist packs a punch with roaring engines and thunderous, large-bore exhaust notes.

Car sounds. Sound effects and vehicle ambience (1–10)

Alfa Romeo (156 V6 engine)

The Alfa Romeo 156 turns into Ferrari’s beautiful voice (F1 sound).
Alfa Romeo (156 V6 engine)

An Italian car, Alfa Romeo, with a V6 engine.

Alfa Romeo no longer offers V6 engines now, but among enthusiasts they’re popular for their beautiful exhaust note.

The high-pitched, powerful sound is said to resemble Ferrari’s in F1.

Dump (Mitsubishi Fuso Super Great dump truck)

The dump truck everyone knows—it’s the quintessential working vehicle.

When I was a child, I often saw dump trucks and bulldozers at construction sites.

I can still hear the sound of a dump truck loaded with soil tilting its bed to unload.

You can just picture that powerful, dependable dump truck, can’t you?

Truck guy (split manifold muffler)

Reishinkai 2014 Ichibanboshi Truck Yaro Dekotora Maniwari No. 5
Truck guy (split manifold muffler)

Even among the trucks that support the same logistics, there are quite a few that look a bit rough.

They rumble with a distinctive exhaust sound.

That sound comes from an exhaust modification called “mani-wari” (manifold split).

Please try to keep the noise from getting too loud.

Car sounds. Sound effects and vehicle ambience (11–20)

Bus (Mitsubishi Fuso MP117K)

Mitsubishi Fuso MP Series MP117K driving sound
Bus (Mitsubishi Fuso MP117K)

A slightly nostalgic bus engine sound.

It’s the kind of engine noise that anyone middle-aged or older would remember right away.

You can almost see the inside of those route buses from back then.

The sound is anything but quiet, but it has that powerful, quintessential bus roar.

Ferrari V12 (F12)

F1 Sound / Ferrari 643 - V12 / Jean Alesi / Rainy Fiorano
Ferrari V12 (F12)

From the latest Ferraris, this is the F12, a car equipped with the traditional V12 engine.

As an ultra-high-end supercar, the interior looks luxurious as well.

It’s a video from overseas, but this sound is an incredible V12 Ferrari roar that doesn’t seem like it comes from a production car.

It’s basically a racing car at this point.

Volkswagen (air-cooled engine)

Installed ABARTH-style sports muffler on 1969 Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen (air-cooled engine)

It’s the original Volkswagen, known as the Beetle.

The old Volkswagens actually had air-cooled engines.

Volkswagen was a car developed by Dr.

Porsche for the general public, so it used the same air-cooled, horizontally opposed engine as Porsche.

Mazda (RX-7 rotary engine)

RX-7 Rotary Sound (2) Early Morning Mountain Pass
Mazda (RX-7 rotary engine)

It’s no longer in production, but this is the RX-7, the iconic rotary-engine car Mazda is proud of.

It has that slightly dry, distinctive sound unique to rotary engines.

You can also hear the turbo blow-off valve, giving it a pretty aggressive tone.

Car enthusiasts say they can recognize a rotary engine just from this sound.