Petron’s new Xtra Unleaded gasoline powered a Honda Jazz 1.3 MT from Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte all the way down to Casiguran, Sorsogon – a distance of over 1,100 kilometers – on just one full tank of gasoline. This was accomplished in an endurance fuel economy run held last March 31 to April 1, 2005.

It contains gas saving boosters which promote more efficient combustion resulting in lower fuel consumption. It is very environment friendly, being the only locally refined gasoline that complies with the stringent Euro IV emission standards. New Xtra Unleaded is processed with the new naphtha isomerization unit at Petron’s Bataan refinery, the first and only one in the Philippines.

Using two Honda Jazz 1.3 manual transmission units as the official vehicles, Petron organized the run to prove that one full tank of its new Xtra Unleaded gasoline would be able to power a vehicle through the entire stretch of Luzon. With legendary race car driver Pocholo Ramirez and son Louis Ramirez at the helm of the two cars, both were able to achieve runs of over 1,000-kilometers.

The unit driven by Louis Ramirez stopped at Bgy. Tabontabon in Daraga, Albay, after having logged some 1,048.8-kilometers. The second unit, driven by Pocholo Ramirez, reached Casiguran, Sorsogon, with a total distance of 1,113.9-kilometers.

Taking off from the Petron station just outside Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, the first leg of the two-day run passed through the northern half of Luzon, across Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, and Tarlac, stopping at San Fernando, Pampanga for a break. Traveling almost non-stop for 9 hours, with only brief bathroom breaks, the cars covered 494­kilometers on the first half of their odyssey.

The second and final leg of the Petron Xtra Unleaded economy run crossed Metro Manila and proceeded through southern Luzon, traversing EDSA across Metro Manila, then on to the South Superhighway before going on to Batangas, Laguna, Quezon, Camarines Sur, Albay and ending in Sorsogon where the full tank was fully consumed.

No wonder then, that the new Petron Xtra Unleaded was able to run virtually the entire stretch of Luzon on just one full tank. Petron Xtra Unleaded, with its gas-saving boosters resulted in improved fuel economy for extra miles.

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