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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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