Orange "zones" on speedometers.

[Cristatus]

What are they? They're usually found around the 60 km/h mark in older Mercedes Benzes

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Be glad you've never heard the buzzer when driving above 55mph in some old cars.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser
Be glad you've never heard the buzzer when driving above 55mph in some old cars.

That would be removed. Quickly.

 

[Bootprint]

The Germans were a little better then the Doc Brown and only need 60 kph instead of the 88 mph he needed.
Mind you, their flux capacitor usually was only good for 3 trips.

 

[TomKazansky]

Originally posted by: logic1485
What are they? They're usually found around the 60 km/h mark in older Mercedes Benzes

It is also on older Porsches. It is to tell you how fast your first gear will go up to.

They derived it from launching on an AWD system. When you launch your car from a stop, you cannot tell when to shift by the RPM gauge (since the engine will be redlining and tires will be peeling out). The redline on the speedo is to tell you when to shift (i.e. first gear goes up to 60km/h)

 

[Cristatus]

Originally posted by: infestedgh0st

Originally posted by: logic1485
What are they? They're usually found around the 60 km/h mark in older Mercedes Benzes

It is also on older Porsches. It is to tell you how fast your first gear will go up to.

They derived it from launching on an AWD system. When you launch your car from a stop, you cannot tell when to shift by the RPM gauge (since the engine will be redlining and tires will be peeling out). The redline on the speedo is to tell you when to shift (i.e. first gear goes up to 60km/h)

Thank you.

And I guess more powerful cars had a second zone near the 100 km/h mark, IIRC.