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Ultra fuel
BP launches $16-a-gallon fuel!
Posted Apr 25th 2006 2:58PM by Stuart Waterman
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In what must be one of the most ill-timed product launches in history, British Petroleum has chosen a time of record pump prices to launch a new brand of ultra-premium fuel that retails for nearly $20 a gallon in the U.K. (that's about $16.32 per U.S. gallon).
BP's new Ultimate 102 boasts an octane rating of - you guessed it - 102, and is made in limited quantities by BP's Specialty Fuels Technology Centre, using the same techniques used to craft Formula 1 race fuel.
What's the point? The high-octane fuel typically boosts power output on modern performance cars by between 4 and 7.5 percent over BP's standard Ultimate 97, provided your ride is willing and able to remap its ignition and/or increase turbo boost.)
Ultimate 102 has its own minisite here, and (this must be a first) the fuel has its own blog here. The product is only available in the U.K., at least for now.
Posted Apr 25th 2006 2:58PM by Stuart Waterman
Filed under: Tech
In what must be one of the most ill-timed product launches in history, British Petroleum has chosen a time of record pump prices to launch a new brand of ultra-premium fuel that retails for nearly $20 a gallon in the U.K. (that's about $16.32 per U.S. gallon).
BP's new Ultimate 102 boasts an octane rating of - you guessed it - 102, and is made in limited quantities by BP's Specialty Fuels Technology Centre, using the same techniques used to craft Formula 1 race fuel.
What's the point? The high-octane fuel typically boosts power output on modern performance cars by between 4 and 7.5 percent over BP's standard Ultimate 97, provided your ride is willing and able to remap its ignition and/or increase turbo boost.)
Ultimate 102 has its own minisite here, and (this must be a first) the fuel has its own blog here. The product is only available in the U.K., at least for now.
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Holy crap...that's like the closest thing you can get to dragster fuel on the street. 
Of course it would rip apart our cars, but I'd be tempted to get some and bottle it up for a rainy day, like a fine wine.
Of course it would rip apart our cars, but I'd be tempted to get some and bottle it up for a rainy day, like a fine wine.
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man thats dumb! You could drive down to your local race track and get C-18 (118 octane) for 16 bucks a gallon! C-12 112 octane is like 11! That is leaded fuel of course (just means more emissions), but they have 105 octane unleaded fuel for 12 bucks a gallon.
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Originally Posted by Blown 4-banger
man thats dumb! You could drive down to your local race track and get C-18 (118 octane) for 16 bucks a gallon! C-12 112 octane is like 11! That is leaded fuel of course (just means more emissions), but they have 105 octane unleaded fuel for 12 bucks a gallon.
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