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Sound of the engine when you turn up with a posh car (4)

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I believe the answer is:

purr

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'sound' is the definition.
(I know that purr is a more specific form of the action resonate)

'turn up with a posh car' is the wordplay.
'turn' is a reversal indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a posh car' becomes 'rr' (short for Rolls Royce).
'up' in reverse letter order is 'pu'.
'pu'+'rr'='PURR'

'of the engine when you' is the link.
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(Other definitions for purr that I've seen before include "Sound like happy cat" , "Low vibratory sound" , "Sound of happy animal" , "Cat's contented sound" , "4's sound" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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