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"Meets or Exceeds" is a specific phrasing for meeting a specification
Yes.
No, at least when Fiat specs has official approval/homologation. If "meet or exceed" were legal meet like approval, then Selenia or Motul had not "approval or homologation" and other oil brands
for the same spec "meet, exceed, performance".
Remember:
Mobil N2 "meet or exceed"
Other N2 "approval"
I checked any Mobil Fiat Sx spec now:
Mobil "meet or exceed or recommended"
Motul "Homologation"
Selenia "Approval"
Why I say no? It has no sense if we think that a or b is the same when heading is different
for the same spec.
You are operating under the premise that "Meets or Exceeds" is equivalent to "Recommended for", saying it "could be anything", but that's not correct. It has a very specific meaning, which is why the API, ACEA, Ford WSS and FCA MS approvals are all lumped under that category. "Recommended for" is called out separately.
Well, but I mean from initial question-answer, if Fiat has approval/homologation contract for x spec, then a) oil brand gets "approval" and b) oil brand gets "meet or exceed, performance, recommendable" obviously there are different requirements, conditions or contract terms.
Remember, Shell makes the FCA service fills for North America, and they use the "Meets or Exceeds" language, just like Mobil:
Well Shell is very funny with headings, all specs under same title with little notes.
About North America I'm cautious, not my market, corrects me if wrong, there FCA use Pennzoil.
Fiat asks for... not Fiat spec for Fiat cars... Fiat asks for Chrysler spec for Fiat cars... ah!
I mean, Pennzoil has real approval/homologation for Chrysler (not Fiat) or legal permission there to use "meet" oil as service oil, there in NA, not here EU.
And Shell? the same of course...
- Shell Fiat M2 "meet or exceed requirements" (not official service)
- Selenia N2 "approval" (official service)
It's not the same legal claim, for the same spec.