Originally developed by the Mobil oil company, it is now globally marketed and sold by ExxonMobil.

Mobil lost the advertising "complaint", and, as a result, the definition of 'synthetic oil' including Group III heavily refined to the point of considering it synthetic.

Lubes N' Greases magazine reported shortcomings in the ability to pass the tests that the original Mobil 1 formula was able to.

All Hino trucks and buses are also utilizing Mobil Delvac 1 lubricants for Hino-powered diesel engines.

In 2017, Mobil 1 switched to Red Bull Racing[4][5] and its sister team, Scuderia Toro Rosso, that lasted only for 2017 season.

Brock, from 1985 until his death in 2006, appeared in advertising for Mobil 1, including an international campaign that ran in the United States in 2000.

In 2001, Mobil 1 became the primary jersey sponsor of French Ligue 1 football side Sochaux, which was founded and is owned by the Montbéliard-based Peugeot automobile manufacturers.

Sochaux has alternated in recent seasons between wearing partner brands Esso and Mobil 1 across the chest of their jerseys, favoring the latter for their 2012-13 Ligue 1 campaign.