Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
My Hyundai manufacturer frowns on using 0W30 oils. It appears to be D.I. related. Since 50% of all vehicles now are direct inject, will more owners manuals follow suit ... and could this be the reason for the slow-but-sure disappearance of 0w30 oils from major stores?
This is the same company pushing 1980's oil change intervals and not using an OLM? I certainly wouldn't use the absence of 0w-30 in one of their documents as a barometer for where other OEM's are headed.
I'd also love you to cite something even remotely credible that supports your "slow-but-sure disappearance of 0w-30 oils from major stores" claim
The list of currently available 0w-30's has remained somewhat static, neither expanding or contracting much. It's a reasonably common Euro grade, but then so is 0w-40. These are of course in predominantly DI applications as well.
Currently available 0w-30's:
Mobil 1 AFE 0w-30
Mobil 1 ESP 0w-30
Pennzoil Platinum Euro LX 0w-30
Castrol Edge Professional Long Life (VW) 0w-30
Castrol Edge Professional E (Jaguar) 0w-30
Castrol Edge A3/B4 (OP product) 0w-30
Ravenol ALS 0w-30
Ravenol SSV 0w-30
Ravenol SSO 0w-30
Redline 0w-30
AMSOIL 0w-30
Amalie Elixir 0w-30
Liqui Moly Longtime 0w-30
Motul Eco-nergy 0w-30
Motul X-Lite 0w-30
Lucas Synthetic 0w-30
And of course up in Canada we have a few others made by Petro-Canada, Esso...etc. Europe has an even broader cross-section of offerings.