•The laminar burning velocity has been measured for gasoline and surrogate components.•A toluene reference fuel reproduced the laminar burning velocity of gasoline.•The temperature dependence of the laminar burning velocity is shown.•The temperature dependence has a minimum around peak burning velocity. Laminar burning velocities have been measured using the heat flux method on a flat flame adiabatic burner. Measurements were done for iso-octane, n-heptane, toluene, a toluene reference fuel (i.e., a mixture of iso-octane, n-heptane and toluene) and a commercial gasoline. The laminar burning velocities of the toluene reference fuel were in correspondence with the laminar burning velocities of the commercial gasoline. Measurements were done for an equivalence ratio from 0.7 to 1.3 and for a range of temperatures between 298K and 358K. The temperature dependence of the fuels is shown and the measurements are compared to literature data and simulations using reduced kinetic models.