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  1. 11 min Volkswagen Golf 7 GTI: the community's sound signature, the complete guideThe Golf 7 GTI is the modern GTI par excellence: balanced, reliable and adored. Its community is huge and its favourite modification is always the same:...
  2. 11 min Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI: the community's sound signature, the complete guideThe Golf 8 GTI carries on a forty-five-year legend, with an efficient 245 hp EA888 that is completely silent as standard. A GTI needs a voice:...
  3. 11 min Volkswagen Golf 7 R: the community's sound signature, the complete guideThe Golf 7 R is the absolute benchmark of its generation, and probably the most tuned hatchback in the world. Its factory exhaust is the first...
  4. 11 min Volkswagen Golf 8 R: the community's sound signature, the complete guideThe Golf 8 R is the complete hot hatch: 320 hp, torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, Drift mode. Its EA888 is brilliant but mute, courtesy of the OPF:...
  5. 11 min Mazda MX-5 NA: the soundtrack of Jinba Ittai, the complete guideThe pop-up headlight MX-5 NA is now officially a collectible classic: the icon that revived the roadster. Good examples are becoming collectible, and a quality exhaust...
  6. 10 min Mazda MX-5 NB exhaust: the soundtrack of Jinba Ittai, the complete guideThe MX-5 NB is entering modern classic territory: light, analogue and increasingly sought after. On a roadster this pure, the sound is half the pleasure: our...
  7. 11 min Mazda MX-5 ND: the soundtrack of Jinba Ittai, the complete guideThe MX-5 ND is a return to the roots: under a tonne, with the original purity rediscovered. The best-selling roadster in history in its finest form,...
  8. 10 min Mazda RX-8: unleashing the rotary, the complete exhaust system guideThe RX-8 is the last rotary car in history: a Renesis twin-rotor revving to 9,000 rpm, unique in the world, kept alive by a community of...
  9. 10 min Lexus IS F: enhancing the naturally aspirated V8, the complete guideThe IS F is the pioneer of the Lexus F line: the first 5.0 V8 of the lineage, limited production, and collector values on the rise....
  10. 11 min Lexus IS 500: bringing out the naturally aspirated V8, the complete guideThe IS 500 is a wonderful anachronism: a naturally aspirated 5.0 V8 in a compact saloon, in the middle of the downsizing era. That act of...
  11. 11 min Lexus GS F exhaust: enhancing the naturally aspirated V8, the complete guideThe GS F is the connoisseur's under-the-radar saloon: the naturally aspirated 5.0 V8 in a rare, refined family car. A discreet future classic whose V8 sings...
  12. 11 min Lexus RC F: bringing out the best in the naturally aspirated V8, the complete guideThe RC F is the naturally aspirated V8 coupé nobody else dares to build any more: 477 hp at high revs, Lexus reliability and genuine exclusivity....
  13. 11 min Lexus LC 500 exhaust: enhancing the naturally aspirated V8, the complete guideThe LC 500 is the road-legal concept car: an unreal design, and the naturally aspirated 5.0 V8 at its most theatrical. Its factory exhaust is refined,...
  14. 10 min Lexus LFA: the exhaust for a masterpiece, the complete guideThe LFA is Toyota's obsession with perfection turned into a car: ten years of development, a V10 tuned with Yamaha, 500 units built. Its song at...