Instead of using traditional analog gauges, the CX GTI featured a rotating drum speedometer placed behind a fixed magnifying ...

Your car's speedometer rarely tells the truth. If you've ever used a sat-nav app on your phone you may have noticed that the speed it shows you're travelling at is slightly higher than that shown ...

The first 160 mph speedometer he's aware of was in the Cunningham C-3 from the 1950s.Such high speedometers have a controversial history, however.Some auto safety experts say that far-reaching ...

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For instance, when my car reads 50 km/h, radar says it’s doing 48 km/h – so my speedometer is calibrated 4 per cent over, which overwhelms any tyre inflation differences.

Drivers have been warned the reading on their speedomoters may be FALSE - putting them at risk of huge fines. Haynes, a car maintenance firm, said: "Your car's speedometer rarely tells the truth ...

Speedometers shifted even higher in the 1950s after Ford and Chrysler introduced the Thunderbird and 300, respectively, Woolsey said. Their speedometers reached 150 mph, he said, and were a ...