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Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech
If it meets the LL-01 standard, it will be a full synthetic.
I just buy my oil (Motul 5W40) on Amazon.com and go and pick it up at a drop center in the US. $166 US for a case of 20L. So $8.30/L.
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"Full" synthetic in the US legal terms, since Castrol won the court case over Mobil, but not necessarily in the German definition.
There are some oils that have a high Group III content and still meet the LL-01 certification, though I'm not sure I would call them "full synthetic". I think some Motul blends use very little to no Group III content and have more Group IV/V content, hence they are usually more expensive.
The best way to tell is to look at the German version/counterpart of the product and see what they are called to determine if they are a "full synthetic" or not. Most companies use the same blend worldwide and just change the marketing of the product by country.