Engines can be so musical.
V-twins give a heartbeat-like 'blat', V6s and V12 can give a lovely howl and V8s have a really evocative rumble. Why do straight-four-cylinder motors, with or without loud exhausts sound so tuneless? I acknowledge that the flat-fours as used by VW and Subaru have a pleasant 'drumbeat'!
I can only think of the 1960's/70's Alfa twinsparks as straight-fours that sounded any good, with a crackly, hard-edged rasp to them. Were there any others? All modern fours sound so bland - it's just noise.
What do you think?
2007-03-21
07:03:08
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