MOL

In December 1997 Híd Marketing prepared the map (far left) for free distribution by MOL. Drawn to a scale of 1:550,000 using good modern cartography, it marks all places with MOL stations and has 24 town plans on the reverse, again locating MOL outlets. Addrersses and hours of opening are given for all MOL locations, including those in Romania, Slovakia and the Ukraine.

The spiral-bound atlas (above centre left) is the second edition of 2000 by DIMAP of Budapest. It has 82 pages of detailed maps at 1:250,000, followed by town plans and an extensive index.
By 2005 MOL had moved to a predominantly red cover design; as well as a national map of Hungary it also sold a plan of Budapest, also prepared by DIMAP at the scale of 1:30,000 (above right), with a legend in 5 languages.

In Romania, MOL is the largest new entrant, having expanded by buying Shell's operations in 2004. Its 1999 sheet map at 1:750,000 has good detail, including relief shading for mountains, and locates MOL's service stations with its logo. There is a booklet of place names stapled inside a high gloss card cover. Like its Hungarian counterpart, the road atlas is spiral-bound without locating MOL sites. However it is at the smaller scale of 1:500,000 and includes 16 pages of general European maps and 12 of Romanian city plans. Both were prepared by the largest Hungarian map-maker, Cartographia.

ÁFOR did sometimes issue maps of its own, as in this 1974 map example. 100,000 copies of this map were printed by Kartográfia Vállalat which marked both Áfor and Áfor-Agip stations of which there were just 8, including the two shown on the map extract near the Austrian border, 3 in Budapest and 2 by Lake Balaton. Áfor stations servicing cars had a red triangle and those selling Agip lubricants also had a red disc. The rear cover advertised both Áfor's Multiszuper oil and Agip's F.1 Supermotoroil.

By 1987 Áfor was printing its maps on a low quality glossy paper that scuffs easily. A map by Merényi Tibor covered Hungary at around 1:825,000 on one side; the reverse carried a large map of Budapest, from which a small extract is shown. In addition to Áfor and Áfor-Agip stations, it now marked Áfor-BP locations but, significantly, not Shell sites, which had expanded rapidly in number. The size of the logos indicated whether stations were open 24 hours or not. Selected stations were listed inside if they accepted Diesel-coupons or sold 95 octane (unleaded?) fuel.