Identify the car, just by the engine sound

[DivideBYZero]

So I drove a car this morning that I don't usually have access to. I recorded the sound on my phone, admittedly it's bad quality thanks to some stupid cell phone standard for voice notes, but what car/engine do you think it is?

http://www.timdowdall.com/sound/

File will play in Quicktime or Windows media player.

Guess away!

Answer below:

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Lulz!

Most of you were thrown by the sound of the inline 3 motor, and the fact that for some reason the induction noise is quite loud. I'm guessin because the car has zero sound deadening.

It's a rental car while one of our cars is being fixed, and it's being treated as such.

 

[StageLeft]

Sounds like a bone-stock Nissan Maxima!

 

[DivideBYZero]

Not a Maxima...we don't get those Brooksy.

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THANK FUCK

 

[SearchMaster]

I know you've never had the chance to drive a Chevy Aveo, so I'm going with that.

 

[Demo24]

Kind of sounds like a v8, maybe a corvette?

 

[DivideBYZero]

Not an Aveo, not a 'Vette.

Listen to the induction sound, the off-beat thrum to the engine note...

 

[KIAman]

Sounds like a nissan VQ engine, or diesel.

 

[DivideBYZero]

It's not diesel.

 

[vshah]

i'm going with AMG V8

or maybe a subaru

lol, those two sound nothing alike though.

 

[CraigRT]

I would so be into this contest if I wasn't at work.

 

[ayabe]

Sounds like a 6.2 liter V-8 as seen in the C63.

 

[ayabe]

i'm going with AMG V8

or maybe a subaru

lol, those two sound nothing alike though.

Well the burble is somewhat similar but way too deep for #2. I agree with your first choice.

 

[caspur]

Its not an AMG V8...at least not from that sound clip. Its a terrible quality file, wind noise or something.

I don't believe it, e92 m3....wait no...RS4. I'm so confused.

 

[KIAman]

The sound quality makes it hard to guess but the sound is obiously low pitched and either a V8 or non-balanced shafted V6. A V10 usually sounds higher pitched except for the Dodge Viper, which has a low pitched sound like this clip.

Considering the slow shifts (hehehe), this is manual so that automatically excludes almost all Mercedes.

How high did you take it? All the way to redline?

 

[vshah]

we also know it's probably naturally aspirated, unless he only took it to 2 or 3k. in that case there's a small chance we might not have heard the SC

 

[DivideBYZero]

Naturally aspirated, manual trans taken to red line in 1st and 2nd at start of the clip.

 

[xSkyDrAx]

I am going to go with a Porsche. Cayman or Carrera.

 

[vshah]

Naturally aspirated, manual trans taken to red line in 1st and 2nd at start of the clip.

were you flooring it? doesn't sound like it...

 

[arcenite]

Can't play the sound with my work laptop so I can't play. Dang.

 

[halik]

german v8 - s4/rs4/r8? I hear power take off whine of some sort.

 

[Vortex22]

gto 6.0?

 

[thescreensavers]

Sounds like an Audi Engine

 

[AdamK47]

92 GEO Metro XFi

 

[DivideBYZero]

I am flooring it from the start of the clip in 1st and second. Some people are getting close.

 

[NAC]

I’ll guess a new Mustang 5.0.
The exhaust sounds a little more “burbly” than a stock Audi exhaust I think.