Welcome to the Mobil 1 Drive Around Australia homepage
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 | The Mobil 1 Maloo R8
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|  | Welcome to the Drive Around Australia (DAA) homepage. DAA was one of the most exciting things we've done for some time and the great result is really pleasing. We're also proud to have worked with our event partners Holden Special Vehicles and Repco, and meeting as many of you as we did on the journey.
During the drive we called in at selected Holden dealers, Repco stores, schools and other great events like the Deni Ute Muster. Overall we completed 38,999 kilometres, visited 371 towns, broke a world record and met lots of interesting people. You can retrace the journey through the driver's weblog, accessed via the link to the right.
We've put together a couple of videos describing the Drive. Featuring HRT's Mark Skaife you can select either a three minute (4.96MB) or a thirty second (772KB) version. They're low resolution so please don't use full screen, please contact us at the link below if you want a high resolution copy.
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Drive Around the World
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 | Drive Around the World print ad
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| | The Drive Around the World (DATW) organisation recently completed a 16-month, 66,000-kilometre drive around the world to raise awareness and funds to help cure Parkinson's Disease.
Mobil was a key sponsor of the journey and supplied Mobil 1 motor oil, transmission fluids and gear lubricants to protect their engines, transmissions and gears during the trek's extreme weather and unpredictable road conditions. The expedition crew made only one oil change in their trip, and they credit Mobil 1 with getting them through safely to their many destinations around the world.
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Drive Around Australia
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 | The oil filler cap, dipstick and sump plug are sealed by the RACV.
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| | The Drive Around Australia (DAA) project was based on the amazing DATW journey. We planned to drive a HSV Z Series Maloo R8 Ute (the World’s Fastest Ute) 37,000 kilometres on all kinds of roads using Mobil 1 in the engine, without a single oil change. The car's engine was sealed at the start by the RACV and evaluated for condition at the completion of the journey to highlight the superior protection of Mobil 1.
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The Maloo began its journey on May 12th, 2006 in Melbourne and endured a challenging 6 month trek around Australia. The Drive culminated in a triumphant finale at the Bathurst 1000 in October 2006 where, in front of the RPM TV cameras, the NRMA supervised the inspection of the top end of the mighty LS2 engine.
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 | This is the view inside one of the Maloo's valve covers at Bathurst. No sludging, clean as a whistle!
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| | In laboratory tests, Mobil 1’s SuperSyn Anti-Wear technology keeps engines performing like new, even after 340,000 kilometres. But the real test is in the real world. DAA was a real world demonstration of the outstanding protection offered by Mobil 1 when operating in extreme conditions – highways, back roads, mountains, deserts and stop-go in peak hour.
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 | This is the view of the Maloo's LHS valve train at Bathurst. It still looks brand new!
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| | These are the same conditions that ordinary motorists may face on a daily basis i.e. real world conditions. This enables Mobil to differentiate itself versus all other motor oil by demonstrating superior engine protection.
And as you see from the results Mobil 1 lived up its promise - outstanding protection under extreme conditions!
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Outstanding performance under extreme conditions
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 | 5L bottle of Mobil 1 5W30 - specified for all GM LS1, LS2, LS3 and LS7 engines.
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| | The performance reserve of Mobil 1 under all conditions is impressive. That's why we put the oil through its paces in all kinds of conditions. Cold starts, hot running, dusty conditions and peak hour traffic are just some of the conditions the Maloo experienced in its travels around this wide brown land. But that's not all. In addition these everyday conditions we wanted to put the oil to the test at the top of its performance range. At the Woomera test facility in outback South Australia on May 26th, 2006 Holden Racing Team champion Mark Skaife guided the Maloo over the flying kilometre set a new Guinness World Record for the world's fastest production utility.
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It's official!
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It's official! The HSV Z Series Maloo R8 is the World's Fastest Ute! With a two-way average speed of 271.44kmh over the flying kilometer and a one-way top speed in excess of 277kmh the Mobil 1 Maloo easily eclipsed the previous record. A testament to Australian engineering and Mobil 1!
Check the July 2006 edition of Wheels magazine for the full story.
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The hero car
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 | Mark Skaife at Woomera
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Copyright Wheels magazine
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| | The Drive Around Australia hero car is a HSV Z Series Maloo R8 Ute auto in Sting Red. Fitted with the HSV spec 6.0 Ltr LS2 V8 the performance reserve is enormous. All HSVs are factory filled with Mobil 1 that also has an enormous performance reserve. Mobil 1 5W-30 is the oil specified for GM LS1, LS2, LS3 and LS7 engines and is also recommended for many other cars.
Use the product selection toolkit or call the Mobil Lubeline on Freecall 1800 033 863 to see which Mobil 1 is right for your car.
The HSV Z Series Maloo R8 DAA Maloo hero car is completely standard, including the optional six-pot brake package, and had no special preparation (apart from the stickers!) before setting out on the Drive or for the Guinness World Record run. It's truly a world-class performance car.
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Don't try this at home!
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The Drive Around Australia was being performed under controlled conditions. Regular oil sampling and oil filter changes at the manufacturers recommended intervals means that we kept track of how the oil was performing. Unless you have access to an oil sampling programme that will alert you change your oil when necessary we always recommend you change your oil and oil filter at the manufacturers recommended intervals.
The world record run was also conducted by experts on closed roads under carefully controlled and supervised conditions and with the full sanction of the authorities concerned. Mobil does not endorse excessive speed or reckless behaviour.
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