Nothing new sounds any good, but I grew up hearing some good diesel engines - Leyland, Gardiner, AEC, but the 2 strokes sound the best. The Commer TS3 is the best sounding diesel for me.
And the Foden 2 stroke.
And the Foden 2 stroke.
EMD 567 V16's, Roots-scavenged. The later EMD's with turbos were a little too smooth.
Napier Deltic 18's. 88 liters of elegant English terror.
Detroit 20V-149's. Pissed off at the world.
As Dr. Ulrich once said, "Noise is not sexy; speed is sexy."That was such an awesome car to watch in real life. The onboard sound is nothing like what you hear when it is at full send on the track (From an observers POV). What you hear is the wind flowing over the car, some gear noise, and the brakes. That's about it, provided there were no other cars around. If there were, you couldn't hear it at all. Meanwhile, they're spanking the rest of the field. I used to have a couple of vids of it from the Petit Lemans one year, but I think they ended up lost to time.
Forget Audi, forget your tractor motors, John Deere, it’s all crap. The French make the best diesels.
ignorant statement of the monthThe French can't make a reliable engine if their life depended on it!
EMD 567 V16's, Roots-scavenged. The later EMD's with turbos were a little too smooth.
Napier Deltic 18's. 88 liters of elegant English terror.
Detroit 20V-149's. Pissed off at the world.
Reliability is not what was asked for. Best sounding was.The French can't make a reliable engine if their life depended on it!
The only thing they have is purpose built race stuff.
Prove it with examples!ignorant statement of the month
I have hope that now that Peugot and FCA merged we might start to see some nice quirky new French designed cars in the US. A Dodge branded Peugot 2008 would be sweet. I'd prefer if they just brought Peugot back to the US but they've said that's not happening right now unfortunately.
The French can't make a reliable engine if their life depended on it!
The only thing they have is purpose built race stuff.
And in typical German fashion during the 'Truth in 24' series he mentioned how all that noise is just wasted power.As Dr. Ulrich once said, "Noise is not sexy; speed is sexy."
Odd Nissan had the Francois’s build a diesel.. they made diesels before they were cool. But yes, when I think of quality and reliability, I think of a French diesel.Prove it with examples!
Renault? HA!
Peugeot? HA
Fiat? HA!
I've personally seen what happened to the once great Nissan motor corp once they got in bed with Renault. Total garbage!