I kind of like my old F-150 with the stick shift and no muffler on the 300 cid in-line 6. If you lug it you get a sound like a farm tractor, of course that is where they got that engine, from the Ford tractor division.
I do also love the sound of a steam traction engine, got to shovel coal in one one time, they wouldn't let me do anything else since I am not a licensed steam engineer and the DOT gets nasty about that.