The Lubrizol Corporation has announced the creation of GF-6.com, a new dedicated website for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), lubricant manufacturers and other automotive industry professionals who want insight into the proposed GF-6 passenger car engine oil specification. As proposed, the International Lubricants Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC), GF-6 raises the performance bar for initial fuel economy, fuel economy retention and overall engine protection.

With the launch of GF-6.com, Lubrizol provides insights into this new era of efficient lubricants. "Lubrizol developed this communication channel to be the one stop website containing news, opinion, trends, challenges and lubricant additive expertise focused on the proposed GF-6 specification" explains Dr. Mark Rees, global business manager - Passenger Car Engine Oil Additives, at Lubrizol. "Just like GF-5.com, we anticipate the site will become the go-to place for a broad range of industry stakeholders involved in helping to develop and shape the future passenger car marketplace."

Global OEMs are developing new technologies to meet governmental regulations calling for a significant improvement in fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions. These new technologies will impose much greater demands on lubricants. Engine oils must deliver higher fuel economy levels, while adequately protecting engines and remaining compatible with emissions systems. The proposed GF-6 specification addresses these needs, and GF-6.com is a centralized location for industry stakeholders to find information pertaining but not limited to engine technologies, engine test development, global impacts and overall specification development.

"Fuel economy standards drive the OEMs to develop new engine technologies which impact the engine oil," says Rees. "The challenge for the industry will be to balance all performance parameters into an engine oil that enables the use of new engine technologies while delivering a higher level of fuel economy. It's about successfully delivering this efficiency without compromising the fundamental protective properties of the lubricant".

For more information on GF-6 specifications and how the industry is responding, visit GF-6.com.