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Originally Posted by 123Guy
Yes, but they were built in Germany, the land of the autobahn. It's safe to cruise around 3,500 rpm if all else is in order (i.e. valves in reasonable adjustment, etc) or more if you need to pass someone. My wife had a '78 300D before her '82 SD and it would run along happily at 85-90 mph.
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The 300D turbo and 300SD were never intended to drive on the autobahn. And the 300D N/A was intended to be a SLOW car on the autobahn, but not as slow as the US models, as they got manual transmissions. The people who wanted to go fast bought a 230, 280 or 450. 
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