RON

"A multinational oil company, and the people to thank for the scorching hot summers we have everywhere now."

- Description at Bawsaq.com.

RON (BAWSAQ: RON) is a multinational petroleum company featured in the HD Universe of Grand Theft Auto series. The player can buy stocks of the company on the Bawsaq.com website in GTA V.

Description
RON fueling stations can be found throughout both urban cities and rural counties in the games and has its corporate headquarters located in Alderney City.

RON is most prominent in both games in the form of its numerous gas stations all over Liberty City and Los Santos. In GTA IV, RON storage tanks can also be found in Francis International Airport and Acter Industrial Park. RON is headquartered at the RON Building in Alderney City, Alderney, and also operates a refinery at the Acter Industrial Park, also in Alderney. In GTA V, the company owns a large wind farm in Los Santos County, San Andreas, named the RON Alternates Wind Farm, operated by the Los Santos Department of Wind Power.

Influence
RON appears to be an ambiguous and vague petrol company taking influence from several different real life petrol companies.

Its name is likely a reference to the term, which measures the amount of octane in petrol. It may also be a reference to the energy company.

The company motto, "Put RON in your tank." is a play on an old slogan, "Put a tiger in your tank!".

The company appears to be a common target from environmental protesters who claim RON pollutes beaches by defacing their billboards and making graffiti mocking RON's name and logo. This is very similar to and, both of which are accused of causing pollution and climate change by environmental activists.

RON's corporate livery, logo, and gas station designs are similar to those of Shell, with a similar warm color scheme choice of orange and yellow. Since orange is the color between these, RON's could also possibly be a reference to Shell's Dutch origin. RON's logo is also very similar to that of, where the square logo has the company name on the top or side of it.

The orange on RON's logo could be influenced by ; a livery sponsored by RON available for the Retinue, Drift Yosemite, and Comet S2 are based around Gulf. The RON livery for the Sentinel Classic is based on the Fina BMW M3 E30 which is sponsored by.

The RON Alternates Wind Farm is based on the oil refinery and storage facility at the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Farm, owned by and  since 1997.

Grand Theft Auto IV
RON have seven filling stations, six within Liberty City and another one in Alderney.

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online
RON have eight filling stations, five within Los Santos, one in Los Santos County and another two in Blaine County.

Trivia

 * The slogan "Until The Last Drop", is a possible reference to the depleting fossil fuel reserves.
 * The vintage RON tagline; "Don't Pump And Run" is a sexual reference, this being another example of Rockstar's crude humour.
 * The RON tagline in Invade and Persuade II; "WINNERS PUT RON IN THEIR TANKS." is a reference to, a anti-drug slogan included in arcade machines in North America between 1989 and 2000.
 * RON's logo uses the Sackers Gothic typeface or Saa Series F D typeface.