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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I never understood why cars sold to the North American market are designed to go so fast.
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Me neither, really, but it is a big deal and an ego thing. This car is not exactly a sports car...
but it can go 185 miles per hour. Crazy. But that V10 engine is what sold the car. You can buy any old sedan for a fraction of the price of one of these things, but they won't keep up with a Ferrari, and even though most people know they'll never come close to topping out their car, they do like to know that it's possible. And they like their friends and everyone they drive past to know it's possible too.
Now I realize that didn't answer your question at all. Or maybe it did? North Americans want to have the ability to drive as fast as hell even though they don't do it. That's why, I guess, they are built that way. And the whole "car culture/freedom" thing too I guess, but that's too complicated for me.