Top 10 Cars With the Best-Sounding Engines

Beethoven, Pavarotti and Nikolaus Otto?

It’s hard to beat the noises a well-designed, high-performance engine makes; experiencing this is of life’s great pleasures, especially when it isn’t adulterated by restrictive exhaust systems or synthesized bullshit piped through a vehicle’s speakers.

Rapidly oxidizing massive quantities of fossil fuel can make sounds that rival a great symphony orchestra. Who would have thought an exothermic reaction could be so pleasing to the ears?

Accordingly here are 10 beautiful-sounding production cars that will take you to internal-combustion nirvana and no, they’re not all ridiculously expensive exotics. There are actually some reasonably priced vehicles with wonderful voices. Enjoy these cars and trucks while you still can before EVs take over the world.