Fiat mulls 73mph limit for 500, Panda city cars

Fiat CEO Olivier François said he would "happily" limit the top speed of his company's city cars to 73mph, as an alternative to fitting them with costly safety technology that he considers unnecessary for low-speed driving. He said that most of the ADAS technology that is mandated by current EU regulations is designed to improve safety at higher speeds so has little relevance for cars like the 500, Panda and Grande Panda, which are mainly driven around town. Fitting this equipment is therefore unnecessarily hiking up the price of such models for little benefit to the consumer - and François...