Once upon a time, when unleaded was introduced
11/17/2021
Some people can probably still remember it, but most have probably forgotten the heated discussions that took place in the early 1980s. At that time, it was decided to put an end to lead in gasoline. The Americans had already taken the lead in 1974, Germany played a pioneering role in Europe and the Swiss decided in 1984 that only unleaded regular petrol should be introduced on January 1, 1985. It was soon called "unleaded 95". However, super leaded (98 octane) was (initially) still available.
However, the Swiss were extremely reluctant to buy the new unleaded petrol, opting for the barely more expensive or even cheaper premium petrol, at least until 1985, when the authorities reduced the price of "unleaded 95" and demand was controlled by the wallet.
The picture above shows a Swiss petrol pump after the price reduction in the summer of 1985 ...
