Originally Posted By: KCJeep
Originally Posted By: PimTac
"Napa Synthetic is rebranded Synpower."
This same poster keeps repeating this even though it's not entirely true. Ashland makes the Napa oil but it's not Synpower. That makes no business sense whatsoever.
Exactly! That false statement simply refuses to die on here. It makes no business sense whatsoever for Valvoline to fire sale their top tier oil, and if you look closely at the spec's it is clear that Synpower uses better base stocks than the Napa.
The Napa is a fine synthetic house brand, is indeed made by Ashland/Valvoline and uses a similar add pack, but it simply is NOT rebranded Synpower.
Actually Ashland does not make Valvoline anymore. Ashland spun off Valvoline as a separate company via IPO last year.