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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by mywittyname on Thursday November 11, 2021 @12:55PM (#29190855)
It's very likely. The difference between RHD and LHD models are much more extreme than is obvious. Vehicles have to be designed with chirality in mind, but not everything can just be moved to the other side of the vehicle, for example, a FWD car usually has the engine orientation fixed regardless of market, which is going to cause asymmetries.
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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by dotancohen on Thursday November 11, 2021 @01:29PM (#29191258)
You'll sometimes see a real tight engine compartment, with a huge gap where the master cylinder and brake booster will go in the RHD models. I think that the 1990's Camaros and Firebirds had this peculiarity.

It also meant that changing the right hand side sparkplugs was a breeze, but the left side required either dropping the engine or drilling the firewall.

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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by mywittyname on Thursday November 11, 2021 @02:10PM (#29191807)
Despite having owned two f-bodies, I never knew they were available in RHD.
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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by dotancohen on Saturday November 13, 2021 @09:09AM (#29209815)
Here's one: http://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=37485&country=au

I'm not from the UK or any other RHD market, but if you are then are some cars, such as the Camaro/Firebird, sold LHD there? Or just not sold at all?

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Re:How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically ... by dotancohen on Sunday November 14, 2021 @02:09AM (#29215849)
Looking again at the RHD Camaro I linked, it might be a conversion. The parking brake remains on the right side of the shift lever, and the wipers wipe in the LHD direction.

I'd love to know if there really are factory RHD Camaros, and if not then why did they have that unusually lopsided engine bay.

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