The Alfa Romeo 155 DTM Sounds Remarkably Like A Modern F1 Car (But Better)
TIL: the old Alfa Romeo V6 Ti DTM car from 1996 sounds just like one of the modern-era V6 F1 machines...
Given that it’s also a V6 engine that revs to around 12,000rpm, I suppose it shouldn’t be that surprising that this brilliantly shouty Alfa sounds a lot like a modern F1 car, but the similarity is quite striking.
While modern 1.6-litre F1 units can rev to 15,000rpm, they’re typically kept to a 12,000rpm ceiling during race weekends for boring reasons like reliability and fuel saving. The 2.5-litre Alfa unit meanwhile spins up to 11,500rpm, producing just shy of 500bhp. And as there’s no turbocharger ‘spoiling’ the exhaust note, it sounds noticeably gnarlier than the smaller F1 engine.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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I see -.- an old alfa and an F1
Eargasm
‘Turbocharger “spoils” the exhaust note’
SAY THAT AGAIN, I DARE YOU
This needs a NSFW label
if f1 racing would sound like this i would consider ( probaly) watch f1 racing, but they sound like high pitched sheisse
It sounds more like the old F1 . V12 era .
The Alfa sounds nothing like those neutered vaccuum cleaners.
Personally…
Can we please have that V6 in this car?
What if Alfa Romeo made a return to F1?? But someone has made an article!!