The speedometer could have been designed to go to 70, with a limiter on the engine so that it can't go faster. The technology for doing this has existed since the steam engine and it's not expensive (I have driven a 1952 M35 that had a 55mph limiter)
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Peter Ludemann
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2026-07-23 02:43:25 UTC
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