Originally Posted by JustN89
Toyota has had a hybrid car for 23 years. I doubt, 23 years later, Toyota started clamoring for a hybrid-specific motor oil.
You reference the possible need for lubrication change to fix mechanical (oil burning) issues. I'll admit I'm not the most familiar with hybrids, as I've never owned one, but I've not read anywhere that oil burning was a problem in young, low mileage engines. This was a problem that cropped up at higher mileage. I'm assuming from all the starting and stopping the motor does. We can see this correlation when looking at engines with VCMs or DoDs. However, you don't see motor oils specifically calling out VCM/DoD, do you? I will once again ask you, though at this point I'm probably not going to get a response, what do you think a Hybrid engine needs from a special "Hybrid" 0W-20 that a normal, API licensed 0W-20 doesn't provide?
You're dancing around the biggest reason for this, whether you can "confirm this from your couch" or not, and it's what I referenced in my original post before you started getting emotional about this. Market share. Valvoline can't have Pennzoil corner the market on a "hybrid" motor oil (even if they're different viscosities, as was mentioned by NH73).
You are sorta' barking up the wrong tree. If you want to know what makes Valvoline Hybrid Oil different, then contact Ash;and / Valvoline for answers.
This is an entirely new product that's too early in it's arrival, for answers to your questions.
Should Valvoline / Ashland reply to you, please let members here know the developments...... thanks.