If you change cars more often, you will notice certain idiosyncrasies. For example, with older Japanese cars you can often use the horn without a key, but with German cars you must have the key on. Or you notice that the maximum volume is a crazy number. But have you ever wondered why some speedometers show the numbers 80 and 100, and others 90 and 110?
Often numbers are given at intervals of 20 km/h. For example 80, 100 and 120 km/h. But for others it is 90, 110 and 130 km/h again. The figures shown often correspond to the speed limits of the country where the car brand comes from. In France they like to drive 110 and 130 km/h on the highway and you can see that on the counters of Peugeots and Citroëns, for example.
In Germany they like to drive as fast as possible, but where that is not possible, the speed is often 120 or 100 km/h. You see this reflected on the speedometers in, for example, BMWs or Volkswagens. Nowadays, more and more cars are getting digital speedometers on which the speed is simply displayed in a number, without a meter with a needle.
But is the Toyota Aygo then Japanese or French?
The Toyota Aygo is a bit of a crazy one. The small car is technically almost identical to the Peugeot 108 and the Citroën C1. The fuel filler flap is on the left of the car, typical of a Japanese car, and they often have speedometers with the 80-100-120 division. However, the Aygo has the 90-110-130 division on the speedometer. Perhaps the refueling system is from Toyota and the counter is from France.
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