IN the latest edition of Auto Express, another product test has been carried out on Hi Octane petrols available from BP, Shell and Tesco. Interesting results will raise a few eyebrows
Tested on a Vauxhall Astra VXR on a rolling road with an accuracy of +/-1bhp
Regular (95RON) 213.5bhp
BP Ultimate (97RON) 209.7bhp
Shell Optimax (98RON) 222.2bhp
Tesco 99 (99RON) 221.3bhp
How poor is BP ultimate. Surrey's rolling road's Charlie Wright thought the BP must be a bad batch. Surely it must be hard to make a bad batch. It's not like it's hand made.