Just bought a 1.7 CDTi SXi Corsa - am really pleased with it although it doesn't seem to have quite the punch of the Kia Ceed 1.6 diesel that I drove a few months ago, despite being more powerful on paper. I've noticed that although there's not much power in first gear, the higher gears seem to get to pretty high speeds at reasonably low revs, was just wondering if diesels are not meant to be pushed to high revs in each gear and if this is by design or whether it's still ok to push the car over 3500-4000 rpm? Although I realise that this would impact on fuel economy.
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