A fuel composition containing, as major component, a gasoline having an aromatics content of not more than 42 vol % and a sulfur content of not more than 150 ppm by weight, and, as minor component, at least one gasoline additive having a detergent action or an anti-valve-seat-wear action, in which this gasoline additive contains at least one hydrophobic hydrocarbon group having a number-average molecular weight of from 85 to 20,000 and at least one polar group.