Lubricant compositions from renewable base stocks with improved properties

A lubricant composition comprising from 20 to 99.8 wt. % of a renewable lube base stock produced from a renewable biological source and an effective amount of one or more lubricant additives, wherein the renewable lube base stock has a 14C level ranging from 2 to 101% of the modern day 14C level in the atmosphere, and wherein the renewable lube base stock yields a CCS ratio (Cold Crank Simulator (CCS) viscosity to the predicted CCS viscosity by Walther equation) of less than or equal to 0.85 at −35° C.

A method of making a lubricant composition comprising:

• providing a renewable lube base stock produced from a renewable biological source and one or more lubricant additives, blending from 20 to 99.8 wt. % of the renewable lube base stock with an effective amount of the one or more lubricant additives to form a lubricant composition, wherein the renewable lube base stock includes from 10 to 35 wt. % paraffins, 40 to 70 wt. % 1-ring naphthenes, and 0 to 40 wt. % combined 2-ring naphthenes and aromatics, wherein the ratio of 1-ring naphthenes to paraffins is from 1.8 to 5.0 for the renewable lube base stock, and wherein the Viscosity Index of the renewable lube base stock is from 100 to 160.

A method of making a lubricant composition comprising:

• providing a renewable lube base stock produced from a renewable biological source and one or more lubricant additives, blending from 20 to 99.8 wt. % of the renewable lube base stock with an effective amount of the one or more lubricant additives to form a lubricant composition, wherein the renewable lube base stock has a 14C level ranging from 2 to 101% of the modern day 14C level in the atmosphere, and wherein the renewable lube base stock yields a CCS ratio (Cold Crank Simulator (CCS) viscosity to the predicted CCS viscosity by Walther equation) of less than or equal to 0.85 at −35° C.