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  BP joins fuel price war with 5p off per litre 28 Nov 2013 (News)
  The offer excludes fuel card transactions and is restricted to 100 litres of fuel in a single transaction. It runs until 9 January 2014 at selected BP sites – more information on which can be found, along with full terms and conditions, on the BP website.
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  Sainsbury’s offers 10p a litre saving with new fuel promotion 24 Jul 2013 (News)
  Sainsbury’s has launched a new fuel promotion that entitles customers to claim 10p off every litre of fuel when they spend £60 or more in store. The promotion represents huge savings, with a typical Ford Focus owner standing to save more than £5 when filling up.
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  Fuel prices fall as supermarkets launch money saving deals 23 Jul 2014 (News)
  Not to be outdone, a number of other chains have followed suit, with Morrisons offering savings of 6p per litre for shoppers who spend £40 with a Morrisons’ Miles card, registered before the 22 June. Tesco has cut 20p off a litre of fuel, when you spend £50 in store over the course of a month with a registered Clubcard. Fuel prices at Asda remain unchanged; although the supermarket points out that they are the only retailer to offer a national price cap on fuel, negating regional price variations.
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  £10 Cashback For Fuel From Europcar 6 Aug 2009 (News)
  "Customers have told us they like the option of buying fuel up front as it saves them the hassle of re-fuelling the vehicle at the end of the hire and also means they receive a good rate at a time when fuel costs are rising again. " Says Catriona Lougher, Marketing Director of Europcar.
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  Free Fuel For a Year With MGs and Rovers 3 Jan 2003 (News)
  MG Rover Group announces today a 'free fuel until 2004' offer on MG and Rover cars registered before 31 March 2003. But taxi drivers and company reps hold it right there. Rover retail buyers will be given a fuel payment card with sufficient funds to match the calculated average mileage of a typical driver based on 10,000 miles a year or 833 miles a month up to and including December 2003.
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  Sainsbury’s cuts fuel costs by 3p per litre 29 Oct 2013 (News)
  We know that fuel is a big part of the weekly budget for many households so we hope this cut will be welcomed by drivers across Britain." These are the latest fuel price cuts in a series of reductions by major supermarkets including Asda and Tesco.
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  Fuel costs 'forcing drivers off the road' 3 Jan 2008 (News)
  He said: "It is possible to keep fuel costs to a minimum by shopping around. ... On the day we checked, [local] prices for a litre of unleaded fuel varied from 99.9p to 113.9p - a staggering difference of 14p." Last year supermarket chain Tesco were found to be supplying contaminated petrol at forecourts in south-west England.
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  Dual Fuel and Diesel Deals 17 Sep 2001 (News)
  www.showroom4cars.com is offering huge savings on dual fuel European supplied Volvo V70s and Renault Grande Espace 2.2 DCIs. The Volvo V70 2.4 Bi-Fuel (LPG) SE Estate is available on the road for £21,700, saving £4,075 off UK list, with 12 week delivery.
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  Fuel price round-up 12 Jun 2017 (News)
  The average price of fuel in London is currently 118.3p-per-litre, over 2p-per-litre more than the national average. However, supermarkets like Asda are offering costs as low as 113.7p-per-litre. See how much your fuel is costing you here .
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  Six months free fuel when you buy a Toyota Yaris 1 Apr 2011 (News)
  ** This figure is calculated on a fuel price of £1.336 per litre, 55.4mpg combined cycle economy and 1,000 miles driven per month.
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  Full Bi-Fuel Range from Volvo 23 May 2001 (News)
  Volvo calculates that even taking account of poorer economy with LPG, because the fuel only costs 38p a litre at service stations, at current fuel prices the saving on fuel costs alone over three years and 45,000 miles in a 1.8 litre S40 would amount to £2,769. Owners of cars running on LPG also report engine oil remaining cleaner for longer, providing yet another economy.
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  Fuel prices stabilise in July after months of rises 3 Aug 2016 (News)
  The average cost of fuel decreased very slightly in July, following four consecutive months of rises. The 0.41 pence-per-litre (ppl) drop in the cost of petrol and 0.06ppl drop in the cost of diesel were brought about by lower wholesale costs, according to the latest RAC fuel watch report.
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  Fuel costs tumble as supermarkets go to war 27 Sep 2013 (News)
  Andy Peake, Asda’s petrol trading director said: ‘Our prices are the lowest they have been all year and our national price cap on fuel benefits everyone across the country, meaning that no-one filling up at Asda is forced to pay a premium for their fuel because of where they live.’
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  What is Real MPG? 1 Feb 2017 (News)
  Real MPG is a real world fuel economy register that allows car and van owners to submit how many miles their vehicle actually do to the gallon. It covers all major makes and models. Unlike official (laboratory tested) fuel consumption figures, Real MPG gives real life comparative data and allows car owners and buyers to see how much on-the-road fuel a vehicle really uses.  Real MPG was launched in 2011 after HonestJohn.co.uk received thousands of complaints from readers that their cars could not match the ‘official’ EC fuel economy figures.
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  Price cuts spark supermarket fuel war 18 Aug 2014 (News)
  ASDA has also pledged a national price cap, which means drivers filling up at any of its 234 forecourts will pay no more than 124.7p per litre for unleaded and 128.7p per litre for diesel.  Tesco has reacted by announcing a similar reduction in the cost of fuel, although customers can make additional savings via the supermarket's Fuel Save initiative. Clubcard holders can earn a 2p per litre saving for every £50 spent in-store while the maximum that can be redeem in any fuel transaction is 20p a litre.
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  Some new cars 'not as fuel-efficient as people think' 25 Aug 2009 (News)
  has revealed that the amount of money drivers of apparently "eco-friendly" cars will save on fuel can vary greatly between different models. For example, tests conducted by the body showed that the Vauxhall Corsa ecoFLEX will save motorists only £19 on fuel over 10,000 miles when compared to its standard sister models.
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  Rural motorists will be most affected by further fuel rises 22 Jun 2011 (News)
  Adrian Tink, RAC motoring strategist, says: “UK drivers want action from the Government.  They already pay the highest duty and tax on fuel in Europe. At the very least, we are calling for fuel duty to be frozen and scheduled inflationary rises to be scrapped.  In addition the Government should look again at the fair fuel stabiliser so that increased revenue from high oil prices can be passed back to drivers.”
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  RAC calls on fuel sellers to lower prices 13 Jul 2016 (News)
  The RAC has called on fuel sellers to pass savings on to customers, following a drop in the wholesale cost of fuel. Since June 24 the wholesale price of unleaded has fallen by 2.84 pence-per-litre (ppl) to 104.65ppl including VAT, while the cost at the pumps has risen to an average of 112.29ppl.
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  Leaded petrol now available in drums 2 Sep 2014 (News)
  But ever since the Government signed up to an EU directive in 2012, oil companies have been obliged to dilute fuel with environmentally friendly alternatives. Currently, ethanol is being used and it's estimated that it makes up around five per cent per litre of standard fuel (fewer in high octane fuels). Now BMH is selling both leaded fuel and ethanol-free petrol, supplied by American company VP Racing Fuels.
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  Supermarkets go to war over fuel prices 29 Jun 2017 (News)
  However, with the wholesale cost of oil falling - reaching its lowest price of 2017 last week - further reductions are expected.  RAC fuel spokesman Simon Williams: “This is great news for motorists and we hope it will spark a fuel cut frenzy on forecourts across the country. “The oil price, the biggest variable affecting UK fuel prices, is now at its lowest level in more than six months.