Regardless of what you prefer to do when it comes to automotive work, whether you wrench, drive or just like to watch, there is one thing that connects every gearhead: The sound that the car makes. Some like the bass thumping noise of an old-school American V8 loping at idle, ready to rock. Some love the chirps and blasts from a turbocharged Japanese six. Some just love the way an Italian V12 screams it’s lungs out. No matter what your taste, if the car sounds right, a lot can be forgiven.

This BMW 1-series DTM-style racer has a soundtrack, alright. The little coupe is packing a 3.4L JUDD V8 under the hood. JUDD was started as a partnership between John Judd and Jack Brabham, which would supply Brabham’s racing teams with engines. Since then they have expanded to such areas as Formula 1, and that’s exactly what you have here: A 14,000 RPM screamer that howls with the ferocity of an enraged demon. This particular car was driven by Georg Plasa, who was well known in the European hill climb community. Sadly, Plasa was involved in a wreck with this BMW in late 2011 that cost him his life, but the engineering work that was put into this BMW is incredible. The car was built based upon weight savings and weight distribution, so much so that paint weight was brought into the equation. Hit play below and listen for yourself to the sounds of Plasa’s BMW screaming up the hills.