How insane is a 140mph+ speedometer?

[Nessmuk]

If it were even 120, that would put 55mph at the top.

 

[2019 CX5 GT]

Yeah?

 

[jadmt]

cx5 turbo will touch 130mph.

 

[RedBaron]

Downhill, with a back wind...

 

[Lazy2.5]

If it were even 120, that would put 55mph at the top.

What is your question?

 

[SparkYellow]

His question was the subject of the thread.

 

[theblooms]

Downhill, with a back wind...

While falling out of the back of a C-17 Globemaster

 

[Jmaz]

Makes prospective buyers think it's fast.

 

[forties]

cx5 turbo will touch 130mph.

I used to have an old 2.5t Plymouth Voyager with an 85mph speedo that would wrap the needle around the bottom. I think the previous owner did some modding though.

Most of the other cars I've had do it the opposite way, I just assumed it was a parts bin thing. Share the same part number speedo with a lot of models.

 

[SparkYellow]

My speedo goes from 0 to 140 mph and puts 70 at the top (12 o'clock). 60 at 11:55 and 80 at 12:05. It makes sense to put the range of safe speed at the top. 55 mph is for trucks and vehicles towing.

 

[Nessmuk]

I live in the sticks. An 85mph speedo at my age is fine.
As a kid, not so much.

 

[Lazy2.5]

Apparently putting speeds faster than what the car can actually manage is to deter you from speeding, to keep the vehicles optimal or intended speed in the first half of the speedometer.

 

[jadmt]

the 2023 cx5 turbo speedometer goes to 160mph.

 

[N7turbo]

Which is crazy considering the gearing of this car.