Ferrari V12 engine without mufflers might be one of the loudest road cars in the world.
The team at Road & Track recently shared video footage from the WorldSupercars YouTube channel featuring a Ferrari Enzo with straight-pipe exhaust. The Enzo sounds incredible in stock form, but when you remove the mufflers from this midship supercar, the exhaust note is nothing short of awe-inspiring.
WorldSupercars actually shared two videos of the muffler-less Ferrari Enzo – one that focuses on the exhaust note as the car sits stationary and another that offers us a chance to ride shotgun as one of the highest profile supercars in the world carves through the European countryside.
Stationary Revving
The video above is the best if you are looking for unadulterated roaring from a Ferrari V12. The 651-horsepower engine starts up and screams in the garage, and it is this clip that will almost certainly get your jaw to drop. You might expect this Enzo without mufflers to be loud, but it is far louder than we had expected. Also, we will warn anyone watching with headphones to wait about 12 seconds before cranking up the volume – lest you may deafen yourself when the driver revs the engine.
Seriously – the video description isn’t exaggerating – this Ferrari is insanely loud.
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