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I'd be surprised if a 3-cylinder Metro with 50-somnething horsepower could go much faster than 130 km/h (82 mph), and it'd be really hanging on for dear life at that speed! 
For sure it can do that and it must handle correctly at that speed.
http://www.autoweb-france.com/fiches-techniques/Suzuki/fiche_3122_Suzuki_Swift_1.0_3p.php
-> 145 km/h max.
I do not recall any normal car sold here in the last 20-30 years which would not be able to reach 140 km/h, except the smart which is limited to 120 or 130 I think.
But as Ingo said, for the handling the tires in Europe are probably much different... Suspensions may be different too.
A short story about Italian higways. My mother took a trip to Italy a few years ago (2003) and she rode on the freewy in a taxicab that she swore had the speedometer just under 200 km/h! I find it hard to beleive that the tires didn't blow out at that speed (though maybe the taxi had special racing tires fitted on it 
)
)I do not know for rest of Europe (but I think it is the same) but in Belgium legally the tires must be ready for speeds higher than max speed of the car.
So if your car can do 200 km/h you must buy tires allowing such speed even if you never drive faster than the 120 limit
For example my 206 can do about 170 km/h (but never tried above 130-140
), so its tires MUST allow at least that. Tires sold here have a max speed code:
http://www.pneus-online.fr/public/static_popup/popup_indice_vitesse.php
Only 3rd column (>150 km/h) is used for car tires.
I think my car has "H" series tires, despite it is not useful to have a so high value (210 km/h, my car does only 170), they do not bother to make a large range of tire models.