Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has gladdened BMW, Audi, Mercedes and many local tuning mechanics' hearts by rejecting a proposal from her Social Democrat coalition partners who called for a 130kmh/80mph speed limit on the country's motorways.

The proposals for the Autobahn were made by the SPD with the intention of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but Mrs Merkel said that, "traffic jams are at least as harmful to the climate as speeding."

Thus leaving Germany to remain the destination of choice for all supercar owners wishing to blow their hair back.

Angela Merkel, you're our kind of leader.