The Legendary Alfa Romeo 155 DTM Ti Engine Sound | 12.000rpm 2.5L V6 | BEST Sounding V6 EVER Made!

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In today's video you'll get the hear one of the best sounding race cars ever made; the 1996 Alfa Romeo 155 DTM V6 Ti. This legendary DTM racecar is powered by a 2.5 liter V6 engine being developed to produce over 500Hp at a staggering 12.000rpm!
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[@PrelawQuill.]

I remember unlocking this car in Gran Turismo as a kid, then racing it and saw it rev to 12k rpm. I thought, does this thing have a bike engine, then I saw it was a 2.5 v6. My little mind was blown

[@fritzkaraldo8452]

And now it's back in GT7.

[@SnowFoxMediatt]

I'm looking at my 2.5 in my truck getting way to many ideas now

[@mattiafanti9751]

@@SnowFoxMediatt do it

[@kevinhibbard320]

I've been racing it in gt7, online sport dailies gr 4. it sounds amazing. When I saw the 12k redline I was like I have to look that up l.

[@joey7253]

@@fritzkaraldo8452 revving to 12k rpm ❤️

[@Rich77UK]

Best days of DTM. Alfas, BMW, Mercedes, Opel all fought it out. Some of the best looking race cars ever (especially the gorgeous 155s)

[@THESLlCK]

I didn't know it was possible for a V6 to sound this good. Truly incredible.

[@alfaholic3]

156 coloni S1 sounds even better IMO.

[@yowhatsup9909]

There are many great souding v6 engines, it's just the v6 "muscle cars" that give them a bad rep.

[@PAF527V]

Short stroke.

[@PAF527V]

​@@yowhatsup9909There's no such thing as a V6 muscle car.

[@FAB7362]

More exciting than the last 10 years of F1!

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Yawn

[@Snijkamp]

12K RPM that's insane 🤘

[@kevinW826]

Someone once had a bmw 2002 turbo. He let the engine block sit outside for five years before working over the iron block. Apparently once he had the engine working he had it reving up to 15,000 rpms and over 1000 hp. I don’t know truth behind the story but a mechanic I use to know told me about it.

[@upnorthviking823]

@@kevinW826 thats back in the old 1500cc f1 times. They pushed 1500hp 4cyl.

[@kevinW826]

@@upnorthviking823 apparently this guy wasn’t a race car driver. It was for a daily driver. And it was a street legal 1973 2.0 turbo

[@upnorthviking823]

@@kevinW826 hes not the only one...race engine shop i worked at also kept old iron blocks outside...pissing on them so they rust more.. They are better to build then new green blocks that will move/change tolerances.

[@HenriBourjade]

Kreidler Van Veen 20 000 rpm. Vérify !

[@juhapentikainen3952]

One of the coolest cars ever made😍

[@lpt9078]

I was lucky to see this beast at the Hockenheimring. The sound is from another universe ♥️

[@wekker090]

Driven by Larini and Nannini, what a days of joy those were.

[@nickbraet7493]

This was one of my favorite cars in Gran Turismo 2. Good times.

[@williamgreer4087]

I smashed endurance races in that beast! This quad pipes 😍

[@davihenriquealves4282]

Like a F1 sound 🥰🥰 and the ITB's sound are awesome

[@guidolavespa303]

In fact the technology was just on par with formula 1 of the same time. In addition, the alpha engine was really superfine and the sound is obviously thanks to the absence of the turbo 😂

[@bjornlauret4205]

if im right the f1 cars with the turbos was a v6 making about 900hp

[@will5948]

It's definitely got that V10 era noise about it.

[@pancake5830]

@@bjornlauret4205 800-1000

[@attilahajbel9518]

@@guidolavespa303 iīķķl

[@Vyn_Solina]

Back in the day this car was my favorite because of that beautiful sounding 2.5L V6.

[@benzinapaul7416]

except this engine is unrelated

[@zhukov74]

I remember when I was like ten years old or something, my parents bought a red 75 Twin Spark. It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. After a couple of years, I got a large poster of the white Martini 155. And than thát was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. Now, nearly 30 years later, I have come to the conclusion that Alfa Romeo's are the most beautiful cars ever built!

[@petrhavlicek3594]

Excuse me for my bad Englisch, I m from Czech republic. I had Alfa Romeo 155 V6 and it was excelent car, really excelent.

[@burakmetin8296]

Man 90s was crazy. What a beast🔥🔥

[@danimal7913]

Best DTM car ever made!

[@danimal7913]

@sw4gr1d well they couldn't win from the Alfa , so nope you are wrong sir

[@worldhello1234]

@sw4gr1d Nope, you cannot turn an absolute into a relative.

[@Tony.795]

@@danimal7913 The M3 and the w201 were modified street cars, while the Alfa only resembels it's street legal counterpart in appearance.

[@andrasdomotorfy]

True

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

@sw4gr1d German car fanboy detected

[@luinpuin4152]

Heard it first at the DTM in Zolder, the looks and sound!!! Back 80’s and 90’s when DTM was still interesting and different to other championships.

[@Squidgy55]

BTCC was also epic back then.

[@luinpuin4152]

@@Squidgy55 true true!!! Legendary fights on the track and lots of brands!!

[@nickname6279]

One of my two favorite DTM cars in the 90's. The other is Calibra. This was touring car racing at its best. Never seen again.

[@b.s.4478]

Absolutely! 😎

[@Project-D]

2023 and still my favorite track car, what a crazy machine. And what a honor be behind that wheel, very few lucky men

[@t3h51d3w1nd3r]

that generation of touring cars were the greatest ever made

[@sandrorichter7927]

Omg … since I was a child I admired this 155 … had a twin spark later … best time of my driving years …

[@jurgenpenninck157]

De mooiste en beste raceauto dat alfa heeft gebouwd. Heb het voorrecht gehad op de laatste dtm wedstrijd in de wagen van nannini te mogen plaatsnemen in de paddock eeen zalig gevoel dat ik nooit meer zal vergeten

[@hybris159]

A have no words - what a awesome dream car - Alfa Romeo per sempre 🍀

[@Selmerpilot]

Note Maserati made a 3L V6 that was from the Citroen SM/Maserati Merak, but it was 4 valves. This engine raced at Lemans in 74-75 and dominated everyone including Ferrari Daytona's and Porsche RSRs in 74. That engine made 420bhp at 11,400rpm, in 1974! Very few of these amazing engines were made.

[@sohchx]

I have loved this car since watching DTM as a kid. This car alone solidified my love for Alfa

[@philippepeltier142]

I clicked the like button as soon as possible.

[@thakrak]

1:55 (what an appropriate time stamp!) The quality and craftmanship of that diffuser is astounding...!

[@kamyalfa]

one of the most influential super touring car of all time..Cuore Sportivo...Forza Alfa Romeo🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@gollo79mg]

Tralasciando il sound, inimitabile, impressionante quanto è piatta nei cambi di direzione e come entra in curva... non le fanno più così purtroppo! Meccanica pura senza filtri, qui l’uomo diventa un tutt’uno con l’auto!

[@ginoalbertofranceschetti]

puoi dirlo forte

[@harrisleblanc7661]

The onboard sounds exactly like the modern f1 V6’s

[@muhammadsyahir6037]

But its raspier

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

It really doesn't.

[@zacthe1st455]

The exhaust note is raspy in comparison. But they were talking about the on board sound, in which it does sound like the modern V6 F1 engines. Think about it, they're both V6s spinning at 12k rpm lol

[@x_mau9355]

Like 20 yrs ago

[@nitroxide17]

That sound is unbelievable

[@CraigWelsh-lm3wg]

Good Video, no annoying commentary or AI voice mispronouncing everything. Just the sound of that beautiful V6 Twin Turbo singing, popping and cracking away, wonderful! All the best from Glasgow Scotland.

[@alanszymczak6173]

The older DTM cars are cool, LOVE IT!

[@bonebreaker2765]

Goosebumbs everywhere... The glorious area of emotional Motorsports!! Miss it....

[@POLDRO]

What an EV will never give you... The music that cane with the art.

[@stefanb155]

Nice edit, went in to my all time favorite folder after the first 20 sec.

[@bunter6]

This version is based off a PRV V6 (block only) rather than the Busso of the earlier versions as it was a 90 degree Vee block instead of the Busso's 60 degree. This allowed even lower engine placement and I think a little more power. The earlier engine sounds more high pitched but the later one sounds meatier.

[@koi0009]

Yesssss

[@koi0009]

1990 Autodelta, abbiamo lavorato molto perché il monoblocco PRV era adatto come geometria e ribusto

[@jaggass]

Sounds like it's odd firing and the PRV V6 was too.

[@lucaiervasi8515]

in reality it didn't even have the PRV block, but only the measurements. the regulations stipulated that the engines used for the DTM had to come from the series. but what should have been used from the standard engine? if the engine was a 4 or 6 cylinder in line, the same distance between the cylinders had to be respected, while if it was a v6 engine, the distance between the cylinders and the same angle between the cylinder banks had to be respected. essentially, the engines had nothing from the standard ones, but only respected these 2 parameters. When Alfa Romeo entered the world championship in 1993, it was equipped with a 60-degree 2.5-liter V6, derived from its Busso V6 engine. this engine had a very high rotation speed, which could reach peaks of 12,000 rpm, while the Mercedes engine stopped at 9,500 rpm. this allowed the Alfa v6 to develop 50hp (420hp - latest evolution 450hp) more than the second most powerful engine on the grid. obviously the Germans did not stand by and began to develop engines that could compete with the Italian V6. for the 1996 championship, Alfa decided to develop a new engine. the technicians discovered that a 90 degree configuration of the v would open the way to a series of advantages in both power and size. the problem was that Alfa Romeo had never produced V6 engines with a 90 degree angle, but had produced V8 engines at 90 degrees, so it was decided to use the Montreal V8, but this had too small a distance between the cylinders and was not suitable to future developments. checking the documents, it was discovered that for a few years, Alfa Romeo was the owner of Lancia and the Lancia Thema model was equipped with the V6 90 degrees PRV. therefore, in its history, Alfa Romeo had also produced Lancia cars and this allowed it to use the measurements of the PRV engine. consequently for the 96 season, 2 new engines were approved, one derived from the V8 Montreal and the other derived from the V6 PRV, but only the second was used in the race. the new engine developed a power of 500hp, but arrived in the cars after the season had already begun.

[@dylanrabideau891]

Thanks for another great video!! Ill be enjoying it now!

[@ivanpysemskyi1518]

😱😱😱😱. Una meraviglia !!! Una delle più belle di quei tempi!!!

[@BurtSampson]

Someday, I'm gonna marry this car.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Wish modern F1 would go back to this lovely sound.

[@xynostasos9022]

Modern F1 literally sounds just like this. Especially the Ferrari V6 engine. It just a bit "muted" because of the turbocharger. The cylinder bank design defines the noise mostly. This is why a 20k RPM inline-5 would sound like a V10 F1 engine. Same reason as why a high revving inline-4 sounds like a V8.

[@Ardonn]

@@xynostasos9022 No it doesn't sound like this cause it's not allowed. His comment stays true, wish F1 would sound good again cause it fucking doesn't.

[@xynostasos9022]

@@Ardonn Listen side by side. Today's F1 makes almost the same noise as this high revving Alfa V6. Exhaust piping and turbocharger is why F1 sounds like "vacuum cleaner". Go and listen to some 16k RPM inline-5 Audi engine and u will understand what I mean.

[@commandergeokam2868]

@@xynostasos9022 yeap you are right

[@bestduckyrblx2944]

@@Ardonn "its not allowed" what are you on about? f1 cars are so loud everyone near them needs to wear earplugs

[@heffeff]

Was happy to see this car during a DTM Legends race last weekend. My ears collapsed.

[@newtonmetereu196]

What a eargasm...

[@anastasiospapadopoulos9397]

A.Nannini & N. Larini... those REDs

[@mrnicktoyou]

I would imagine a bodykit and paint livery like this for the street car might be popular. How cool would it be to drive your Alfa on the street looking like this!

[@320iSTWEdition]

There was one available back in the day...... Alfa even had an option for the street cars of having a livery design adhered from the factory in the style of the red cars.

[@Ystidan]

The F1 hybrid V6 sound compared to this V6 is so bad. The NA sounds perfect.

[@antoninoincontrera8014]

Alfa Romeo could easly return back to F1 as an engine supplier this time

[@FiatUno2003]

​@@antoninoincontrera8014If F1 used the 155 V6 engine I would become a F1 fan again

[@antoninoincontrera8014]

@@FiatUno2003 fr

[@alexanderkritsek]

Italians make some of the finest cars in the whole world !!!!

[@WeveGotBush]

The Hardcore Era of DTM.

[@thepurdychannel8866]

Amazing sound new cars just dont sound like they used to

[@cujotwentysix7519]

I mean this was a hugely overengineered engine

[@FiatUno2003]

It sounds better than current F1 cars

[@Fabio_Garzena]

The beauty of a French-Swedish motor heavily tuned by Italians!

[@nvl2691]

Alfa Romeo, ti amo.

[@alecardesign1923]

As an italian...sono d’accordo! Alfa arte su ruote!

[@Peter56Persson]

Waaah...! Thanks for outstanding video! I love those Busso-engines, got a 3,2 in my GT.

[@piotrgodyn6870]

It is not a Busso in the 155 DTM. It' s a V6 PRV bloc ( 90 degrees instead of 60 for the Busso) because of problems of vibrations. At 12 000, the V6 90 was better.

[@Peter56Persson]

@@piotrgodyn6870 Well, as far as I know the Busso was used in the -94 and -95 DTM editions. Then they replaced it with the Lancia V6 for the reasons you mention. Please correct me if I´m wrong!

[@AlexLopez-pk3ix]

Man Alfa has the noise down some of the best sounding ng engines

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Phenomenal! Whistles, buzzes, & burpes better any turbo anything! Choice, many thanx 👍👍

[@pile333]

A Lancia Delta in the shape of an Alfa Romeo. The Perfection.

[@JK061996]

That would be the earlier 155 GTA, this one has a longitudinal V6 :)

[@istvanburuzs9843]

No. Not at all. Integrale powertrain was the 155 Q4, transversale engine, 4x4. In the DTM they always run longitudinal mounted v6 engines. Various models (60, 75, 90 degree v6s). Davide Cironi has an hour long video about it, including intervirews with all the big dogs of Alfa Romeo from that area. Have a look at it. (Italian with english subtitle)

[@piola1981]

@@istvanburuzs9843 great video

[@altergreenhorn]

@@istvanburuzs9843 You are correct about the engines however the powertrain was basically a modified Lancia S4

[@TheOnlyVistosi]

@@altergreenhorn abosolutely not. S4 was a mid-engine, this is a front-engine.

[@hotrodmercury3941]

I remember playing with it in GT and then falling in love watching it on TV

[@Kyirux]

Someone make a one hour part of intro edit pls! Its so dope!

[@Grand_Prix]

Just love it!

[@alessandroroveda2859]

Good old times....I remember even Toca Touring Car on Ps1....with all these gorgeous cars ❤️

[@taquito1561]

The sounds in those onboard scenes are absolutely godly!! btw, how is the driver shifting?

[@commandergeokam2868]

Flupy paddles

[@jacothechosenone]

Telepathically

[@JustinSeara]

@@commandergeokam2868 not a flappy paddle, a sequential transmission. A flappy paddle is a fake paddle shifter in a regular torque converter automatic……there is a HUGE difference

[@commandergeokam2868]

@@JustinSeara By flappy paddles i mean dct and yes i know the difference between the sequencial and the dct

[@michiel5160]

Looks like left hand does the shifting.

[@George7g]

Car and f1 in one!

[@joegoodman4312]

Such an awesomely angry sounding unit that engine. Brutal as hell

[@stefanodamico1545]

The Alfa Romeo factory in Arese, where this car was designed and built, was closed, demolished and now there is a shopping center.

[@KaoruSF]

Heartbreaking...

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Well that sucks.

[@menaceIIsociety187]

One of my all time favourite cars because of Gran Turismo 2!

[@walter9724]

Imagine today's f1 cars sounding this good

[@lpc90]

Hopefully they will in 2026 when F1 removes the Mgu-h from the cars, that should let the engines roar louder.

[@goce_mkd456]

My favorite from the old days,great sound !!!

[@fwc2047]

Ahead of its time! It practically makes the same sound of modern F1 cars

[@TAS123hahaha]

But better

[@fwc2047]

@@TAS123hahaha agreed 👍🏼

[@pt020]

It was also the first car with sequential gearbox, made for Alessandro Nannini, then Ferrari took it over to F1.

[@DM01710]

One of the most unique sounding engines and cars ever, to me sounds like a mixture of a 1970's f1 car a super bike and a 90s f1 car and the low end and idle of a rotary with the whirring/whining of rally/touring car gear box.

[@Bianconeri005]

This car was meta on Gran Turismo 2 ! Great Alfa

[@mertdundar7659]

lmao yea

[@squirtle88]

these things are so damn mental!

[@garrettreyna7760]

Yeah they use an formula 1 v6 engine straight from a f1 car

[@nvl2691]

@@garrettreyna7760 They did not use a F1 engine. At all.

[@worldhello1234]

You rev that high if a turbo is not an option.

[@wostrick2259]

Pure sound...the dislikes are our e-car drivers??

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Probably.

[@pt020]

BMW drivers

[@SuperTerminator83]

Gran Turismo 2, Sega Touring Car Championship, this car is a legend. This sound 😍

[@bottomtext593]

This is what F1 is supposed to sound like.

[@DevilWolf000]

@@maestro6512 what are you even talking about ? F1 engines are totally different and those are hybrid engines.

[@upnorthviking823]

@@maestro6512 SAME sound,different exhaust...you dont make sense bud

[@on_wheels_80]

@@DevilWolf000 Listen to onboard, it's the same. And of course it is. Same firing order, etc. Btw even exhaust note is largely identical. Difference is outboard induction noise, which a turbo can't have.

[@Fantaribo]

@@DevilWolf000 He's not saying they are the same engine, more that they sound very similar. Only difference is the induction (no turbo here) and hybrid harvesting and delivery sound.

[@butcheredalive]

The Ferrari F2005 is what F1 is supposed to sound like

[@jigzonyt517]

One of the greatest sounding engines of all time forget about v6. This engine was a thing of pure beauty. Sounds like an f1 car

[@alfaholic3]

What do you mean by "forget about V6"? This is a V6, am i misunderstanding you?

[@salvatorepatania1790]

155 un cuneo con lo sguardo superbo. Ho avuto un 200 cc 8 valvole, ancora la sogno, e voglio riaverla da grande.

[@MeatVision]

My all time favorite car in Gran Turismo games, art with wheels

[@solarcell07]

Even for newer engine, it's still awesome..

[@michaelgautreaux3168]

Love this car & the "battle of the Taxis" series 🤣 It whines & whistles louder than a turbo car!

[@theashenfox]

Been a fan for years, never realised it was 4wd.

[@gnubbolo]

and 4WD, active suspensions, giant diffuser. 😈😈😈

[@lpc90]

Modern f1 cars will hopefully sound similar from 2026 when they remove the Mgu-H letting them roar louder

[@GreatCornholio69]

Such a mindfuck, MotoGP and F1 combined. Great sound!

[@giovinazzo3gsmotorsport]

ciao 👍👍❤ best car, sound ❤

[@timzett3956]

Das war DTM ! Was für ein Sound ! Alfa Romeo Geil ! 👍

[@thomaslieven8447]

I loved watching the DTM series. Alfa’s against Mercedes and so. Exciting, cool, rough, honour, brutal.. beautyful!! ..

[@Kraklin]

im more impressed that assetto corsa got the sound bang on in this car. amazing sound

[@nvl2691]

At 10:55, you can hear OK Tech's Alfa Romeo 75 3.9L flying by hahahaha!

[@homerp.hendelbergenheinzel6649]

Co-driver: Samir, you're breaking the car! Samir: Nah, it's fine. This car just sounds like dat!

[@augustortiz]

That has to be the lowest sitting engine on any car ever. That thing is lower than the hubs on the wheels.

[@J4FTobinator]

watch the M6 GT3 Engine fitting. that´s pretty similar.

[@istvanburuzs9843]

@@J4FTobinator 30 years later...

[@procrastinator1842]

Have you looked at a subaru engine bay?

[@isaacwest]

@@procrastinator1842 thats a boxer engine though, not a v6.

[@sharlesleglerc]

😂I thought it was mid engine at first it was so low! then i saw the head 😲

[@tim3437]

Absolutely superb! What a buzz matey must be on, racing that thing round the track and hill - driving the wheels off the thing! Great to watch! I personally much prefer my Martini race colours with a white background.

[@mohsenghadiri1101]

Body shape is also one of the most beautiful ones. They are real cars.

[@spidermonkeynr1]

And 80's begin 90's had some awsome cars

[@antoniodilelio2495]

Signori... questo è TURISMO INTERNAZIONALE!!! ❤❤❤

[@gabycapoirizarry]

Formula 1 sound territory right here.

[@sarethums]

I love the overly engineered bleeding-edge high-tech solution for the hill start. 2:06

[@hman2634]

Best sounding touringcar ever 😍 Forza Alfa Romeo 🍀

[@huggyb2007]

The noise on itb's is something else...😈

[@flat4-]

The best sounding DTM car. Incredible !

[@chiefslief1886]

This thing was and is Nuts!❤