“Motorists do not need to squeeze themselves into smaller cars to halve their fuel bills, they simply need to convert to LPG,” VACC Executive Director David Purchase said.
 
“LPG is currently around 48 cents per litre. Compare this with post-Easter petrol prices hovering between $1.25 and $1.30 per litre.

“LPG has around 70 cents a litre saving over petrol. That makes a shopper-docket look pretty poor value.

“The outlook for petrol prices is very poor. Sharp price rises are expected in coming months with a worsening in international oil markets and fears of interruption to supplies from Iran.

“This gives motorists all the more reason to convert to LPG. In modern cars, the performance loss with LPG is negligible, and the slight increase in consumption (less than 10% on the newer vapour injection systems) is more than offset by the huge savings."

“Not only can conversion to LPG halve – and better – monthly fuel bills, but converting to LPG is also doing the country a favour. The vast bulk of our LPG is produced here, unlike much of our petrol which is imported.

“With LPG, motorists can run a large family car for less than the cost of running the tiniest fuel-miser on petrol,” Mr Purchase said.