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Originally Posted by sallycivic22ctdi
I do get the feeling though that the Civic is a car tuned for performance rather than economy. I've owned 2.2 diesels in the past (I had a new shape 2.2DTI Vectra - god foresaken unreliable wretch of a car) and that was probably better on fuel than the Civic - but had a lot less power too.
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I have that feeling too but I also think it's tuned down a bit. Toyota has 170 hp 2.2 diesel for some time now. Probably 200 hp would be possible if you would give up economy altogether.
But keep it below 2000 RPM and resist using the turbo (I can't
) and you can get a pretty good MPG for such a big engine I think.