EU Wants To Limit Cars' Top Speed at 100 MPH

Alert for car buffs. Better get your Ferrari soon. The European Union considers to limit the top speed of all cars registered in the EU at 100 miles per hour. According to a report from German TV station n-tv the new proposal aims at curbing greenhouse gases and shall go into effect from 2013. One can safely assume that German and Italian car manufacturers will be up in arms to block any advance of this proposal.

PHOTO: Cars like this collector Ferrari may be limited to a top speed of 100 mph after 2012. And what to do with the extra 8 cylinders not needed anymore? Photo courtesy of mobilewhack.com.