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Can I ask why you'd want to drive in top gear with only 1000 rpm? Assume you're trying to work out what rpm for other speeds in top? The turbo would not be upto speed and it would struggle to move I'd have thought at that low rpm.
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"Can I ask why you'd want to drive in top gear with only 1000 rpm"
You wouldn't - but as you suggest it's a useful measure of how fast the engine is turning in top gear at motorway speeds. The Honda Jazz's only serious failing is to be too low-geared in top and thus less relaxed than other cars at 70-80 mph (even the Ford Ka is more relaxed).
I tried a Verso D-4-D 140 bhp on an extended test run (thank you Octagon of Bracknell): I didn't have time to try a 180 as I was trying a Prius as well, but the saleslady has driven both and thought that most of the extra power was at the top end. You pay a lot more for a 180 (about £2,000) : with the Verso that's mainly the TV screens in the backs of the seats - not sure why with the Avensis. You need to try both - it may be that the extra benefit is marginal.
Cheddar's post on the other thread was interesting - the black-and-white-merchants have him down as a Ford freak but he is just showing, quite fairly, that the low-down torque in the TDCI is worth having. It's the reason why many of us drive diesels. The statistic about the rpm at which a engine delivers maximum torque is worth looking out for.
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Thanks for all your help>> Can I ask why you'd want to drive in top gearwith only 1000 rpm? Assume you're trying to work out what rpm for other speeds in top? The turbo would not be upto speed and it would struggle to move I'd have thought at that low rpm.
The previous poster has answered your question for me, although I don't drive at 1000 RPM, it gives me an indication of what the car will be like on the motorway at 75-80MPH where I spend most of my time.
Where the torque comes in is very important. Currently I have a 320d touring and if I am just relaxing, it can go along single A roads at about 50-55MPH on the cruise control with no problems in 6th gear. This is pulling approx 1600-1750 RPM and is fine.
I will be changing my car soon and am looking for a car that is still driveable in top gear at 55-60MPH along A-roads with crusie control on. On my BMW putting the crusie control on at a set-speed delivers the best fuel economy for me. Even if I try to hold a steady speed without the cruise control on, I can't match the economy that the crusie delivers.
I'm looking for a family car that can deliver maximum economy (40,000 miles per year) and still offer a fairly lazy drive. My BMW fits the bill perfectly but a new job that I am taking doesn't have the company car budget that I currently have. I'm therefore looking at various cars including:
Avensis Estate
Verso
Accord Estate
Focus/Mondeo Estate
Vectra Estate
Laguna Estate
Passat Estate
Touran
B-Class
as well as others!!!!
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