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THE FUTURE BELONGS TO FUEL ECONOMY Driving farther on less fuel with lower emissions requires absolute precision and high-tech engine design. The latest, extremely low-viscosity motor oils are beginning to play a key role as a “liquid design factor.� Legislation and consumer demand are forcing automakers
LOW CONSUMPTION
to develop increasingly efficient generations of engines.
In the popular low-friction SAE 5W/20 viscosity,
Higher efficiency and lower emissions demand new
MOTOREX CONCEPT J-XL offers a solution for the
technologies, which in turn require ever-lower machining
latest generation of precision-machined gasoline
tolerances. The automotive industry and its suppliers are
and diesel engines. Its unique high-lubricity charac-
investing in extreme precision in all relevant parts.
teristics greatly reduce churning (dipping of moving parts into the motor oil) and friction losses from a
OIL AS A DESIGN FACTOR
cold start. Responding rapidly to the oil pump even
However, the latest achievements in engine technology
at below-zero temperatures, it reaches the lubrication
will only work with the right motor oil. Through con-
points faster to reduce wear as the engine is warming
stant close collaboration with engine manufacturers,
up. The Synthetic Performance motor oil optimally
MOTOREX has built up an enormous store of tribological
penetrates the engine under all operating conditions,
knowledge. This makes it possible to develop a stream
guaranteeing dependable lubrication and lower fuel
of new formulas tailored to the latest generation of
consumption.
engines. By using extremely low-viscosity base fluids
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and the latest additives, MOTOREX FEO (Fuel Economy
MANUFACTURERS DEMAND LOW VISCOSITY
Oil) motor oils make a measurable contribution to
More and more leading manufacturers are recom-
reducing fuel consumption.
mending high-tech, low-viscosity formulas for their