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Originally Posted by iluv69s
Why bother?? There are RHD vehicles in Australia. Is it a law for new cars? I had an Austin mini LHD that I drove for years in the states. I can’t imagine the costs for that conversion.
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Why bother? All new vehicles sold in Australia are RHD. However some states permit imported LHD used vehicles to remain LHD, especially if they are pre-1989. Hence the rapid increase in the numbers of US LHD vehicles imported here over the last 10 years or so.
Previously LHD vehicles were only allowed to be imported and registered in most states if they were converted, which was very expensive - intended to 'protect' the domestic car manufacturers from cheap imported alternatives.......
Regarding the Camaro, Silverado etc that are still being brought in LHD and converted to RHD, those are models that are not available from the factory as RHD and so there is a small market here for people who are prepared to pay the significant additional cost to get their choice of vehicle, and legally register it.