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Originally posted by Tyson Schmidt
The Nurburgring has several straights that are long enough for any car to reach it's terminal velocity.

The guy in the VX220 is practically local to that track........... er, I mean public toll road.
The group C 962's where only hitting 190 there in qualifying - and they set the record pace. I know of no normal road car equipped with normal road equipment hitting 200 there. I believe a C-GT hits about 180MPH on the main straight in the hands of a local racing driver who does a lot of test driving for cars.

The 'ring will bite you if your goal is top speed, a US highway is still safer. I don't live in the UK to comment on this particular story.
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