why do manufacturers make fast cars and yet we are only allowed to drive at most 70mph?

Question

if they put the limit on cars and not people driving them then there might not be so many accidents and also cheaper insurance etc

Answer 1

Most vehicles do have some sort of speed limitation on them. My old S10 was set for 97mph and my Trailblazer is set to 108mph. Both had/have engines that were capable of sending each much faster than that.

I would imagine that the reason that most vehicles are not restricted at 70mph for US use is because if an auto manufacture ever put such a restriction on a vehicle the would not be able to sell that vehicle and make a profit.

Let us also not make the assumption that if all vehicles were restricted to 70mph that there would not be as many accidents or that auto insurance premiums would be reduced. There are plenty of other bad habits that drivers have that will keep both accident rates and insurance rates up even if there was speed restriction set into the vehicles.

Answer 2

NO Its like all different vehicle in simple terms lots faster the single element that does make a distinction is severe overall performance autos like corvettes often have rapid reaction steerage boxs that require tiny inputs into the steerage and what happens is men leap in one after warm rodding mothers station wagon and are flying down the line at one hundred mph and pass to alter lanes and the vehicle swaps ends so rapid your looking backwards for awhile earlier you recognize oh F ck . And severe overall performance autos in the rain are a great vast disaster wiating to ensue you will possibly desire to dial up the traction administration and force such as you very own an egg vehicle . previous that rapid is exciting shop the vehicle pointed without delay forward and nail the gas to the floor and carry on whats to in comparison to? something rapid sufficient to alter your heartbeat is nice sufficient for me. the biggest subject in a severe overall performance vehicle? is a low overall performance driving force.

Answer 3

Now only does a car's engine produce speed, it also produces power. You need extra power to go up steep hills, haul heavy loads, etc.

Cars having the ability to travel quickly is a side effect of it having power.

Answer 4

You have to take into consideration that some cities have racetracks where people could really open up their car and use the performance that the car was made for. Most performance vehicles weren't made for public streets; they were made for tracks.

Answer 5

Maybe you should look at the autobahn system in Germany. There's a lot of stretches where you could drive as fast as you want to.

Answer 6

Also there are many society's where people can only race factory cars. Drag racing, autocross all have factory classes that let normal everyday cars compete.