In 2020.
Good thing?
Bad thing?
Will others follow suit?
In 2020.
Good thing?
Bad thing?
Will others follow suit?
Not much news. Many cars are govener limited for top speed as determined by the speed rating of their factory tire choice.
Can't see it changing my life. 110 is plenty fast for commuting.
I'm torn... both? In normal driving, I rarely go above 90. But living in the mid-Atlantic region, we don't have many safe(ish) opportunities to drive that fast.
It might depend on if and how insurance companies react to the idea. While the 'Merica! part of me decries the concept, if a reduction in potential top speed results in lower insurance premiums, I could be convinced.
That's in the ballpark of common top speed limiters, I would've been more surprised if I'd heard that Volvos didn't have one, or had one set to a significantly higher speed.
Pretty normal speed limiter on most cars.
I've read that my LS400's are governed to around 145 or something. I suspect the speed rating of the tires also.
Common for a lot of cars that come with lower speed rated tires. A lot of European stuff comes from the factory good for 155 as long as the original tires were good for that.
Personally, the decision won't really effect me, but I don't like the reason behind it. Honestly, we've become too safety obsessed with cars and I'm really not convinced it's worth going as far as we have. It's getting to the point where mandatory safety equipment adds a heck of a lot of weight and cost to a car and as good as many modern cars are, they could be even better (and more efficient) with a little less excessive safety gear applied to them.
Why would this matter? I've not seen a Volvo driven close to the speed limit in some time. Most of those pipe smoking tweed jacket drivers have enough trouble figgerin' out which pedal does what... 
My mother bought a 240 new in '87. After break in it would top out at 103. That seemed OK, but if you set the cruise control, it would decel down to 80. We said something to the friendly folks at Daytona Volvo, and they laughed. They said every one they sold came back with the same complaint. This was during the end of the 55 era.
I've, um, heard, that Silverado's are limited to 98 mph.
Anyone know what the speed limiter is on a 2019 Volvo? I'm wondering if the announcement is more of a PR move than anything else.
You couldn't set the cruise above 99 in the dakotas.
Story of ole...
The 4th gen Camaro, if order with the big engine were capable of near 150 mph-ish, but, if you did not check the box for the Z rated tires then the big engined Camaro was limited to like 118 mph-ish.
In reply to John Welsh :
I know my 3rd get T/A would cruise at an indicated 140 as comfortable as if it was 60 all day long. That was with the 305 TPI engine.
I'm not so upset that they are limiting top speed as such. It's just the reasons they stated put me off. Limiting for tires speed ratings makes sense. Limiting for moral high ground rubs me wrong.
My motorcycle, the quickest vehicle I've owned, is limited to 115. Which is just barely out of third gear. I have no overwhelming desire to delete it.
I'm really surprised this is getting as much press as it has. Count me in the "who cares" camp. Aftermarket tunes eliminate limiters if somebody is building a race car anyways.
Maybe I hit 125-130 bringing the 135 home on a desolated highway, but otherwise, I rarely break 80, and even that's on the turnpike.
The last time I went REALLY fast was riding a 2006 Yamaha R1 (in 2006-7). Hit the limiter in 6th gear, that should be 186mph.
My 1990 Cosmo is limited to 180 KMH (112 MPH) due to Japanese regulations at the time. I can tell you it will run strong all the way up to 170 KMH (haven't pushed it any faster).
I think my 2004 Excursion is limited to 95 MPH while my 2018 Volvo XC60 T8 tops out at 130 MPH.
As I'm not tracking any of these, it doesn't bother me.
A tune should be able to take care of that.
I know my Jeep CJ-7 is aero-limited to about 108 mph.
llysgennad said:I know my Jeep CJ-7 is aero-limited to about 108 mph.
My Land Rover is aero/power limited to somewhere around 63. My old Subaru was about 75 - when I got on the interstate, I'd just put my foot on the floor and leave it there.
rdcyclist said:Why would this matter? I've not seen a Volvo driven close to the speed limit in some time. Most of those pipe smoking tweed jacket drivers have enough trouble figgerin' out which pedal does what...
A friend of mine is a serial modern Volvo owner. He also has an LS3 powered Miata. It's fair to say he knows what the pedals do.
Did you know that the XC90 is available as a plug-in hybrid with a twincharged engine?
GPz11 said:I've, um, heard, that Silverado's are limited to 98 mph.
That's due to driveshaft limitations. My buddy had a rowdy 6.2 Sierra but hit the hard stop at 98 mph which was disappointing
I don’t see it as a big problem. 99% will never go near 80mph.
They should make it so you can turn it off for sports oriented cars though. And then, when turned off, they make you put an electronic signature into some kinda iPad thing in the car. Then everyone can have their cake.
Keith Tanner said:rdcyclist said:Why would this matter? I've not seen a Volvo driven close to the speed limit in some time. Most of those pipe smoking tweed jacket drivers have enough trouble figgerin' out which pedal does what...
A friend of mine is a serial modern Volvo owner. He also has an LS3 powered Miata. It's fair to say he knows what the pedals do.
Yes Keith, I know there are many performance oriented Volvo owners. My daily commute takes me over a four lane, two in each direction, mountain road, Highway 17 aka Mark International Raceway. I'm Mark. The joke is: What do you have when a Prius and a Volvo are side by side on 17? Traffic backed up for 3 miles. I swear, the Volvo drivers around here have no idea why there are two lanes in each direction so they just camp out in the left one. It's safer since they put the K-wall in...
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