Cost of euro spec higher

[Kjmack]

Is the higher cost of euro spec oils due to less volume of sales or does the ingredients cost more ?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Maybe a little of both, but there are some Euro-spec oils that cost the same as regular API oils, such as M1 and Edge 0w40 and Valvoline MST

 

[edyvw]

Originally Posted by Kjmack
Is the higher cost of euro spec oils due to less volume of sales or does the ingredients cost more ?

More sophisticated. Reason why some are same price as ILSAC GF-5 is that some companies can loose money on them in order to gain customers

 

[RooflessVW]

The only "Euro" oils that are higher cost are niche viscosities and boutique brands.

 

[OilUzer]

Originally Posted by Kjmack
Is the higher cost of euro spec oils due to less volume of sales or does the ingredients cost more ?


I think they have much tougher spec to meet/pass. LL or MB 229 or something like that ... I don't recall the exact specs but there are several threads showing some spider spec and it's much better/tougher to meet than for example dexos spec. If you do some search, you will find the spider thing.

 

[dlundblad]

The popular Euro spec oils are the same price as everything else.

The slow moving stuff is typically sold by the quart at parts stores.

 

[ragtoplvr]

Lube oil is a high margin low volume business. Back when I had a friend(since retired) in that industry, they made a 75% margin on oil. That quart of oil in the bottle was well under a dollar out the door.

That was about 10 years ago but suspect it is still true.

Rod