Petrol is a word which was derived from the longer term, petroleium. Since gasoline is a refined petroleum product, this makes sense, to the British, at least.
The majority of cars in the USA use petrol (we call it gasoline).The majority of cars in the USA use petrol (we call it gasoline).
Gasoline
Petrol is the term used for gasoline in some countries, like UK, Australia, New Zealand
Gas is short for gasoline.
As in "gasoline", it would be "petrol". In the UK, gas means "a chemical in a vapour state". A "gas pedal" is called an "accelerator".
Benzene is, of course, a chemical element that is a major component of petrol. When you ask why a certain word for a certain thing is used in a certain language (or a certain dialect), thee is no definite answer to the why of it. You could as well ask why we Americans call it gasoline, and we could ask why you Brits call it petrol. Those are simply tghe words that people in various countries settled on.
Unleaded gas is petrol. In some countries they call it petrol and in others it is called gasoline or gas.
Petrol is the French word for gasoline. Petrol is usually unleaded gasoline. Canadian gas stations advertise gasoline as Petrol, as do many other countries.
There is none. Petrol is the Anglo word for gasoline, gasoline is the American word for petrol.
petrol is synonymous to gasoline. so a petrol car is a car that uses gasoline as its source of fuel.
Petrol, unleaded gasoline (whichever you prefer to call it).
It is powered by petrol. As the word gasoline is another word for petrol. Therefroe it runs on petrol!!!