‘You can see why I love this car’: even amid a fuel crisis some Australian drivers can fill up for $60
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- Carl Camilleri fills his 85‑litre LPG tank for just over $60, paying about 70c per litre, and can drive 660 km on a single fill.
- Elgas reports that LPG‑fuelled vehicles on Australian roads fell from 500,000 in 2013 to roughly 200,000 in 2025.
- Stuart Brown created a Facebook community for LPG owners after his wife struggled to locate a fuel station while traveling in Tasmania.
- Ford Falcon XR6 Mark II is equipped with LPI (liquid‑phase injection), which injects LPG as a liquid for better efficiency and power.
- Melbourne has only 406 LPG stations, Sydney 79, and Perth 37, reflecting an 87 % drop in LPG sales from 2011 to 2025.
Why it matters: LPG owners like Camilleri save $60 per tank, while fuel‑station operators lose customers as sales fell 87 % and stations dropped to under 500 in Melbourne. The scarcity of pumps threatens the modest resurgence of low‑emission LPG cars.
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