Originally posted by EdwardC:
96RedSE5Sp writes:
"Pemex (the Mexican government-owned oil monopoly) sold (and still sells) gasoline in Mexico under the name "Nova." If Mexicans were going to associate anything with the Chevrolet Nova based on its name, it would probably be this gasoline. In any case, if Mexicans had no compunctions about filling the tanks of their cars with a type of gasoline whose name advertised that it "didn't go," why would they reject a similarly-named automobile?"
Oooh, something I know a little about, having lived along the border and bought fuel at PEMEX.
Here's everything you wanted to know about PEMEX fuel but were afraid to ask!
NOVA used to be PEMEX's leaded fuel line. They added the name NOVA when they introduced unleaded fuel in Mexico. Today NOVA no longer has lead but it is the bare bottom basic "barely-call-it" gasoline. So at the local PEMEX station there's NOVA (86 or lower octane unleaded in blue pumps), MAGNA SIN (87 midgrade unleaded in green pumps), PREMIUM (92 octane unleaded in red pumps) and last but not least, Diesel (comparable to US #2 diesel, in purple pumps).
The rule is never by "NOVA" or you'll do just that!
