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Old 07-11-2008   #333 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by West Coast GT View Post
I just heard that a 60 MPH National Speed Limit is being introduced in Congress. That makes the 400 hp hemi engine seem pretty useless doesn't it?

that's exactly what happened in France in 1973 upon the first oil shock,
speed limit was introduced everywhere in the country & car racing was banned.
as a consequence most of the small french race car building companies collapsed,
even majors such as Citroen struggled to survive because they've just released very fast models like the SM-Maserati coupé (ca. 250 km/h at the time...)
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