why do speedometers go as high as 140 – 160 mph but some average cars can’t go faster than 100 -120?

Question

why do speedometers go as high as 140 – 160 mph but some average cars can’t go faster than 100 -120?

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Answer 1

Cars are also sold in other countries where they may use kilometers per hour instead of miles per hour. It’s easier to make one instrument cluster and just set the ones in the US to miles per hour.

This is not always the case with newer digital stuff or with speedometers with both units printed on it.

140 kilometers per hour is about 86 miles per hour.