From: clare on 18 Apr 2010 12:57 On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 23:43:46 -0500, russotto(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: >In article <hq8r0h$ni0$2(a)news.albasani.net>, >Conscience <nobama@göv.com> wrote: >> >>Witness so many good cars not allowed into the U.S. due to top-speed >>numbers. The RX-8 is a mere shadow of what it could have been. > >As far as I know, there's no statutory or regulatory limitation on top >speed of a US car. > >>My Bimmer is limited to 155, and the list goes on and on... > >That's a gentleman's agreement between BMW and Mercedes. There is no statutory limitation, but there is something called litigation, which is BIG in the USA - so manufacturers 'voluntarily" limit the performance of their vehicles to what they consider to be "sane" or "legally defensible" levels of performance - something more than the top 15 performance drivers in North America could be expected to handle safely.
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