LPG (autogas)

LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas (autogas), is a liquefied mix of propane and butane burnt as fuel in an adapted petrol engine. An LPG car has, alongside the ordinary petrol tank, a separate LPG tank, often in the spare-wheel well, and a switching system; the engine can run on both fuels. In the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Poland the filling-station network is relatively dense; in other EU countries it is more limited.

The advantages are a lower fuel price per kilometre and usually lower CO2 emissions per equivalent litre than petrol; the disadvantages are a slightly higher consumption (in litres), the space loss from the tank and higher maintenance demands on valves and seats on some engines. For the road tax (MRB) separate rates apply in the Netherlands for LPG ownership; see the term MRB and consult the Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) with reference date.

On this site "LPG" is a factual fuel label on the spec sheet. We show LPG variants where the manufacturer supplies them as a factory option; retrofit installation by third parties falls outside the OEM specs and is mentioned only factually, without qualitative judgement.