ORIGINAL: Yankee
I agree, but that's hardly the most ridiculous overly-optimistic speedometer I've ever seen. I remember renting a Ford Focus once a few years back (on the company's nickel, didn't have a choice), it was the base 4-door sedan and it had a 150 MPH speedo... I think Honda Odyssey minivan takes the cake for having a 160 MPH speedo... in a minivan!
Either one is still better than the government-mandated 85mph maximum speedometers of the '80s.
Did they really think we'd drive slower if we didn't know how fast we were going?
I remember test driving an '84 Dodge Daytona Turbo and an '84 Plymouth Laser Turbo. They were virtually the same car, but the Laser had an electronic speedometer. With the Daytona, you could guesstimate your speed past 85 'cause the needle would keep going to about 105 or so, but with the Laser the digital numbers would just stick at 85. Any faster and you had no clue. Yeah, that's a
great idea.