Originally Posted By: Camprunner
With all the new oil requirements coming out how will low cost conventional oils meet the specifications? Like say WM ST conventional and say Formula Shell? Will low cost conventional oils be forced to become more synthetic?
One clue is with the new dexos1 Gen2 (current) oils listed. Synthetic Blends are making the new list. Not conventional oil though. Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Hyundai etc. will probably finally coalesce to dexos1 level standards in a couple of years, at least for turbo engines.