There's a gentleman's agreement among several manufacturers to limit the top speed of their high-performance models to 155mph, but that may be about to change. Although this may seem to be an academic issue in the UK, it's significant in Germany, where many stretches of autobahn remain unrestricted, and there is some embarrassment about the fact that some cheaper, less powerful models are able to overtake apparently much quicker vehicles on these roads.

Audi, BMW and Lexus are all considering the idea of abandoning the 155mph limit, at least on some models. Porsche has never adhered to the limit at all, while customers of AMG Mercedes-Benz products can request higher limits. In any case, the matter is largely academic - even if it's still politically sensitive - since some buyers fit new ECU chips to bypass the governors as soon as they take delivery of their cars.

http://www.carkeys.co.uk/news/2005/july/11/6505.asp

 

If I spend 120 grand on a S600 AMG and I live in Germany, that car better not get passed by a $90,000.00 Porsche 911 auf der Autobahn.

 

155mph seems a bit low for some super high-performance cars. 165 may be more reasonable.

 

The 2006 Bentley Silver Spur saloon (sedan for NA folks ).

The new Silver Spur with its 552 bhp turbocharged W-12 engine has an awesome top speed of 195 mph! BMW and Mercedes-Benz owners are NOT happy their top-end saloons are limited to 155 mph, so I wouldn't be surprised that the BMW 760iL and M-B S-Class saloons starting this Fall will have their limiters removed (or moved to 186 mph (300 km/h)) to better compete against the Silver Spur. I'm sure the V-12 powered BMW's and M-B's could come close to the 186 mph top speed.

 

Bentley's new sedan is called the Flying Spur.

It has hit 208 mph on a test track.

http://www.channel4.com/4car/feature...do/208mph.html

 

Getting passed by the turbo VTEC honda with an LS tranny :reechy:

 

10mph difference? :eh:

Supercars shouldn't have ANY limits :loco:

 

Doesn't that new Bugatti have like a 224 mph drag limited top speed?

 

HAHAHA,LMFAO thats hilarious :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

umm...are you being sarcastic? I really can't tell.