To start, I know that cars can go faster than typical speed limits because if you went on a freeway at 100km/h with a car that had the same top speed, you would essentially be pushing it to the limit constantly, which is not really good for the car.
My question is why do cars have their speedometers marked way higher than they can actually go? For example, my dad’s 2017 Toyota Yaris marks up to 220km/h but it could probably go no more than 150km/h tops, so could they not just mark the speedometer up to 150km/h because it’s not really going to go above that?
EDIT: FYI I live in Australia
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Most car manufacturers like a certain ‘look’ when you sit in them, they want the driver to know they’re sitting in a Toyota or a Kia … the instant they sit. One way to do thatvis to have the same gauges no matter what model car/truck/suv it is. As well, having only 1 style of gauge makes inventory easier. In 2017 toyota made a lot of cars and trucks that could easily go over 220.
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