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Slow Down: Volvo Will Limit Its Cars' Top Speeds To 112 MPH

The carmaker says the change is meant to send "a strong signal about the dangers of speeding," and that the company is also working on new ways to address distracted and intoxicated driving.
Workers prepare the Volvo display before the opening of the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 6. Volvo said it will limit all of its new cars to a top speed of about 112 mph, starting in 2020.

The days of underground Volvo drag races are limited. No more will practical station wagons meet on empty streets at midnight, drivers revving their engines and eyeing the finish line with steely intent, Birkenstocks slamming

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