Daniel_

The reason for this is probably risk management and liability issues.

Ford have to argue that there are circumstances where it is safer to speed than not to (avoiding an accident etc), otherwise they would be subject to duty of care cases where people killed by speeding drivers bring class actions arguing that manufacturing a car CAPABLE of speeding led to the road deaths.

By setting the limit ABOVE the max speed restriction of the roads they can argue that it prevents kiddies having access to racing speeds, but allows them to power out of danger.

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