Current price of Shell Vpower

Two days ago, out of curiosity, dropped by the nearest Shell petrol station to refuel with Vpower. Now Vpower is not available at all Shell stations, so I went to the one at Air Keroh (opposite the Mamee factory). Found out that a liter of Vpower now costs RM2.45. Hmm, compared to RM2.00 per liter of RON97 and RM1.90 per liter of RON92. Now, some time ago, RON97 cost RM1.92 while Vpower cost RM2.15 per liter. This means that there is now a much larger price difference between RON97 and Vpower, which makes it much less enticing than before....

Now, if you read the hype for Vpower, it's supposed to be slightly higher RON (in Malaysia, apparently it's at RON98, but normal cars like mine can do fine on RON97 or even RON92). The RON number really has no impact on fuel economy, so there is no advantage of using Vpower in that sense if all you are looking for is better fuel economy.

Now, Vpower also advertises to contain special additives / friction reduction, etc.. but then again, so does everyone else. So, which one you choose is really up to your personal opinion. Just like a fish burger at McDonald's, KFC and the Ramli Burger stall - everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

With rumours of another reduction in petrol prices just around the corner, it's anyone's guess what the new fuel pricing will be.