Petrol hits £2.42 a litre!

• New high-octane BP fuel costs £2.42 a litre
• Could boost performance by up to 7.5%
• £140 to fill up with £11-a-gallon fuel

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If the prospect of paying £1-a-litre for your fuel has you worried, how about £2.42 instead?

That's how much BP is charging for its new Ultimate 102 high-octane fuel which typically boosts power output by between 4.0 and 7.5% on performance cars.

Tests with the £11-a-gallon fuel on a tuned Porsche showed an increase in maximum engine power of 37bhp (up 8.6%), however, and a peak jump of 60bhp (up 16%) at some points in the rev range.

Just six forecourts around the UK are selling the fuel which has been launched with unfortunate timing as soaring crude oil values have focussed motorists' minds on pump prices. It would cost you more than £140 to fill up a family car like Ford Mondeo with the new fuel.

The enormous pricetag is down to the fact that that Ultimate 102 is 'hand made' at BP's Speciality Fuels Technology Centre in the UK in very small batches.

It's manufactured with the same know-how that produces fuels for Formula 1 race cars. An octane rating of 102 ron is up to 7 ron higher than standard fuel.

If you fancy emptying your pockets and filling up with Ultimate 102 you can find it at the following fuel stations:
Tudor filling station, A20, Allington
Chicheley Park, Tickford Street, Newport Pagnell
Wavendon Gate, Newport Road, Wavendon
All Saints, Commercial Road, Portsmouth
Newbury Centre, 758 Eastern Avenue, Ilford
Newham Way service station, Newham Way, Canning town