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    No need for speed

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    I READ with interest the debate about speed cameras, limits, tolerances and even kinetic energy, but one thing that doesn't seem to get a mention is the actual scale of calibration on modern speedos. My wife's Mazda 3 is never going to reach the 220km/h at the top of its dial. My new Toyota Kluger is similarly scaled to 220km/h and would have an equally slim chance of reaching that speed, even if I were crazy enough to try it. Even my previous V8 Calais was optimistically scaled to 260km/h. Why do manufacturers devote such a large part of the speedo scale to speeds we never get to, instead of having larger, easier-to-read scales at the speeds we do drive at every day? If the speedos were easier to read we'd be able to judge the speed better and might not get so many speeding tickets.
    Answered by CarsGuide
    30 April 2009
    Graham Smith

    Good point. In my view the marketing people are driving it. They seem to think it's a way of impressing owners and prospective owners with the performance of their cars. Also, manufacturers should take a long, hard look at the graphics on instruments. Some are very hard to read in daylight.

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