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{{Short description|Motor fuel brand of Shell plc}} {{Confusing|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox brand | name = Shell V-Power | logo = Shell vpower logo.png | logo_size = 200 | image = Shell vpower at filling station hong kong.jpg | image_size = | caption = Shell petrol station in Hong Kong displaying the "V-Power" brand, pictured in 2009 | producttype = [[Fuel]] | currentowner = [[Shell plc]] | producedby = | country = [[Netherlands]] and [[United Kingdom]] | introduced = {{start date and age|2001}} | discontinued = | related = | markets = Worldwide | previousowners = | trademarkregistrations = | ambassadors = | tagline ="Actively cleans as you drive", among others | website = {{url|https://www.shell.us/motorist/shell-fuels/shell-v-power-nitro-plus-premium-gasoline.html|shell.us/vpower}} | module = <!-- or: misc --> | module1 = <!-- or: misc1 --> | footnotes = }} '''Shell V-Power''' is the brand name given to [[Shell plc|Shell]]'s enhanced high specification fuels for road [[motor vehicle]]s including "Shell V-Power Nitro+" and "Shell V-Power Diesel". Introduced in Italy in 2001, Shell relaunched the fuel in March 2008, under the name Nitrogen-Enriched Shell V-Power, with [[nitrogen]]-containing [[detergent]]s.<ref>{{cite web|author1=John Fuller|title=Is nitrogen-enriched gasoline good for my car?|url=http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/nitrogen-enriched-gasoline.htm|website=How Stuff Works|date=30 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506090100/http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/nitrogen-enriched-gasoline.htm|archive-date=May 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially used for higher [[octane]] Super Unleaded [[gasoline|petrol/gasoline]] (formerly known as Optimax in some regions), it is now additionally used for high specification [[diesel fuel]]. The brand is also used for Shell's [[energy drinks]]. <ref>https://canmuseum.com/Detail.aspx?CanID=43129</ref>
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