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Motorways are 70mph or in Germany 80mph, although some sections of the autobahn are unrestricted!?

Not for vehicles with MaM over 3500kg. They have to be fitted with a limiter that stops them from going faster than 60mph. Can't be overridden by the driver. If you remove the limiter, the car is no longer legal.

Furthermore, you can't drive it with a regular driver's license. Requires you to get a C1 license.

So it may have fast acceleration from 0-60mph, but that's as fast as it will ever go.

You can have the MaM adjusted to 3500 kg. That's what they used to do with H2's. Limit them to 3500 kg so you're breaking the law if you actually use the cargo capacity of your 3 ton tank.

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