Petrol prices

How to save big bucks filling your petrol tank
By Andrew Chesterton · 11 Feb 2019
Make no mistake, the electric-vehicle revolution is coming, and there will be a time - and soon - in which we measure the cost of filling a car.
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Israel bans sales of fossil fuel cars
By Andrew Chesterton · 11 Oct 2018
Israel has announced a plan to outlaw the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030.
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Volkswagen Tiguan 2011: What fuel can I use?
By Graham Smith · 01 Jun 2018

I'm picking up my VW Tiguan 162TSI R line this week. The manual recommends 95 PULP, and it is selling for $1.51, whereas 98 is selling for $1.31. Can I use 98 when it is selling so much cheaper?

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Next Mazda3 should save you $400/year in fuel
By Malcolm Flynn · 07 Sep 2017
Mazda is set to buck the trend toward higher octane fuel with its next-generation SkyActiv petrol engines, but will the federal government thwart its effectiveness?
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AAA challenges Govt. fuel and emissions stats
By Justin Hilliard · 27 Mar 2017
The Australian Automobile Association has challenged the federal government over its claims that motorists will benefit from having to spend less on fuel with the introduction of stricter emissions st
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Sorento or Sportage?
By Graham Smith · 10 Mar 2017

We're very happy with our Kia Sorento diesel, but we're considering moving to a top of range Sportage next time we buy. Normally, we would just get another diesel, but having just got back from Europe where diesels are very much on the nose with some major cities considering banning them, I'm wondering whether we should reconsider petrol. What do you think?

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Ready for a government induced fuel price hike?
By Andrew Chesterton · 22 Dec 2016
The cost of filling up most cars could be about to soar by more than 10 cents per litre with the federal government floating a possible plan to ban regular unleaded petrol in Australia.
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Premium fuel can be worth the extra cost | comment
By Paul Gover · 25 Mar 2016
When an oil company says its new super fuel is special you have a right to be sceptical.
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Lack of competition resulting in high petrol prices | ACCC
By Sid Maher · 16 Feb 2016
Motorists are paying as much as 13c a litre more at the petrol bowser as fuel retailers gouge "unreasonably high" profit margins, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission figures show.
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Senator calls for legislation to stop petrol price gouging
By Annika Smethurst · 21 Jan 2016
Ricky Muir wants new laws to stop motorists being ripped off at the bowser after Melbourne petrol prices averaged $1.20 last week despite oil prices falling to a 10-year low.
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