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- From: nicos@csa.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
- Subject: Restricted top speed (Re: 93 Jetta GLX 6 cylinder-)
- Message-ID: <102737@bu.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:15:58 GMT
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- aas7@po.CWRU.Edu (Andrew A. Spencer) wrote:
- >ok...assuming these are true.(i do not)..but for the sake of my
- >question..how come VW willnot make a car run over 140??..is it
- >electrically limited??..and why the hell do they do that anyhow!?!
- >just wondering..the SLC published top speeds i've seen are 140..
- >the G60's was too..now..am i wrong in that the VR6 has an extra..oh..
- >bunch of horses??..why does nothing go faster than this?(don't feed
- >me any shit about not being able to do it on US roads anyway.i want
- >to know WHY!!)
- >DREW
-
- I know for a fact that Mercedes and BMW (except M and 8 series) are
- restricting the top speed of their vehicles to 250 Km/h (155 mph). There
- is no law requiring this, it is just one more of the "active safety"
- features offered by these German manufacturers.
-
- I am not aware that VW is following a similar policy, but it is
- possible.
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