What's the best sounding 4 cylinder?

[CEB011]

Genuinely curious to hear people's thoughts on what are the best sounding 4 cylinder?

[Trevor555]

Best sounding 4 pot car I've had was an Abarth 124 Spider.

[Leins]

E30 M3 S14 with carbon induction

[sean ie3]

I had a Lancia Beta Berlina with the 2 litre twin cam, sounded great and pulled like a train. I would buy the duplicate of that car if I could find one.

[MDMA .]

Honda VFR750R ‘RC 30’ in race trim.

[gonzales_turbo]

A burbling Subaru, so unique!

[Baggie austin]

Scoobie all day

[rjfp1962]

Mk 1 Lotus Cortina

[Little Pete]

A rally spec BDA takes some beating.

[Mr Tidy]

70s Fiat and Alfa twin-cams always sound great, but the best for me was my mate's Hot Rod with a Ford X-Flow, twin 40s and not too much silencing!

[kambites]

I dont know but it almost certainly wasnt made in the last 40 years.

From the production road cars I've heard, the Honda S600 is right up there.

Edited by kambites on Monday 4th September 21:32

[996Type]

Lotus Esprit S1, Sardinia, Roger Becker doubling as James Bond in The Spy Who Loved Me.

I’ve never been the same again since my four year old self watched the helicopter chase!

[Castrol for a knave]

Mr Tidy said:

70s Fiat and Alfa twin-cams always sound great, but the best for me was my mate's Hot Rod with a Ford X-Flow, twin 40s and not too much silencing!

Yep. 1600 Alfa Nord, with Webers and air box replaced by K&Ns.

The racing HSCC GTAs sound epic.

[Gavarnie]

This one sounded amazing. Fiat 1600 twincam. Best £60 I ever spent.

[911Spanker]

Alfaholics

[Nickp82]

My favourite that I’ve actually heard (I’m sure there are better examples) is the 2ZZ in my Elise 111R with sports exhaust, sonorous at high revs.

[105.4]

A Brian Hart tuned BDA in a screaming, sideways Ford Escort.

[Caddyshack]

Motorbike 4 cylinder engines sound epic, they are much better than car engines, I guess it’s the light weight and mega revs and the firing order.

[Mr Tidy]

That's true!

I've never worked out why though.

I remember clearly hearing a Z900 with a Harris Magnum 4 into 1 at Box Hill in the 70s, and I still haven't heard a better sounding 4 cylinder engine.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Aprillia V4 or Yamaha 1000's after 2015.