I think that if Castrol started offering these better oils over here, Mobil would most likely reformulate and make more oils like Delvac 1 for gas engines. Castrol doesn't have to bring them over, which is why they havn't. They are not really better oils in terms of quality, I think they are just better for longer drains from what I have seen. It is interesting that Mobil decided to bring over there 0w-40 and market it as there european oil. I guess people with high end cars such as BMW that want to change there oil could use this. So does BMW then import there Castrol R that goes into the M3? Also, what Mobil oil is factory fill then in the Mercedez and Porches? I'm thinking 0w-40? Until there is a demand and until the car manufacturers start dictating (which i don't see happening), we are stuck with what we have. Like G-Man said, the API is the control in the US. Is Castrol like the Mobil 1 of Europe?
The whole situatioin is kind of backwards I think. The US consumes more cars and drives more then any other country but we are so concerened about CAFE rather then extending drains where in Europe, these oils are demanded for extended drains, even though they drive less then we do.
[ May 31, 2003, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: buster ]