RON 95 Starting September 2009, etc.
RON 95 will be making its nationwide debut come September 2009, and RON 92 will no longer be offered for sale. In a report dated 13th May, 2009, the New Straits Times reported that come September 2009, RON 95 will be sold at RM1.75 per litre and RON 97 will be sold at RM2.00 per litre. RON 97 will become a premium product, similar to Shell's V-Power, which currently retails at RM2.05 per litre. (Ref: The New Straits Times, 13th May 2009. Cheaper RON 95 petrol from Sept 1 ) What Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob failed to mention was whether V-Power would be going up in price, in response to the changing prices of RON 95 and RON 97. A premium product, after all, would need to remain slightly above the market's normal offerings. In the same report, it was stated that RON 95 is presently being sold at two Petronas stations in Putrajaya. This was probably a pilot test which has proven successful. The report also stated that petrol stations ...