When Engines Had Soul: A Tribute to Three NA Heroes

With all the nostalgia talk recently, I ended up looking back at some of my favourite shoots we’ve done over the years, and the second series of naturally-aspirated heroes is right up there. It was a gloriously sunny day in North Wales with three of the greatest engines ever to grace a road car to listen to from dawn ’til dusk.

This series was never about finding a winner; it was about celebrating motors that made cars special, that dominated the whole experience, and that hadn’t lost their soul in search of numbers. We’ve done others before and since, but this trio really stood out to me as a three-car garage a young kid would dream of, with the legendary Mezger engine and manual ‘box of the GT3 RS (the very same car we revisited in the new GT3 RS Generations film), the brutal 6.2-litre V8 of the SLS and the iconic evolution of the Bizzarrini V12 of the Murcielago SV.

If you haven’t seen these videos, sit back, turn the volume up and enjoy. If you have seen them before, the same applies!

Porsche 997.1 GT3 RS

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV