Noble M400, top speed 185mph
As if you needed proof, there's now no question about it: driving at 159mph won't kill you. The fact has been demonstrated by Central TV which organised for a Noble M400 to be driven round the high-speed circuit at MIRA with Dave Allton, one of MIRA's professionally trained test drivers, at the wheel.
This followed the court case involving a Shropshire police officer who allegedly filmed himself on the M54 at a speed of 159 mph -- see link to report below.
Central TV aired its video report last night.