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> I'm assuming if it won't come to the US it won't come to the UK, Canada or Australia either. Since Japan drives on the left side of the road[1], a car manufa

> I'm assuming if it won't come to the US it won't come to the UK, Canada or Australia either. Since Japan drives on the left side of the road[1], a car manufactured for the Japanese market would have its steering wheel on the opposite side of a US or Canadian vehicle. It would be OK for the UK or Australia, which also drive on the left, but the cars can only be leased for now[2], and the provisions of the lease would probably disallow taking the car to another country. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#Worldwide_distribution_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic#W... [2] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-launches-world-s-first-level-3-self-driving-car https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Honda-launches-...

1e100 6y ago
It's rare, but I have occasionally seen left hand drive cars in Australia https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/register/left https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/register/left
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Waterluvian 6y ago
I'm not sure but I bet it's perfectly legal to drive a right hand drive in North America.
- rsj_hn 6y ago
  Yes, it is, but you can't sell a right hand car here. Individuals have to import it, but sometimes this happens.
  - adolph 6y ago
    Seems to be a lively market: http://www.texasjdm.com/ http://www.texasjdm.com/ Jeep has a RHD Wrangler for 2021 and I’m not certain if they ever paused making them.
    - sjwalter 6y ago
      Your comment elides that Jeep exclusively markets these (afaik) to USPS for rural delivery drivers. Though they are widely available in the secondary market, are you sure they sell them directly to consumers?
      - Spooky23 6y ago
        Rural mail carriers are contractors who buy their own vehicles. Anyone can order that jeep or a RHD Subaru.
        sjwalter 6y ago
        Great to know, thanks.
  - olyjohn 6y ago
    There are no laws against selling right hand drive cars in the US.
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- loeg 6y ago
  Mail carriers often have right-hand drive in NA.
- fomine3 6y ago
  Possibly the self-driving system on a car sold in JP/UK is optimized for left side, and vice versa.
TheRealSteel 6y ago
I was more getting at that if they aren't interested in the US market they're unlikely interested in the other ones I mentioned either, rather than commenting on sidedness. Yes, technically it's easier to bring this car to other RHD countries but I'm assuming Honda has plenty of manufacturing capacity to do that if they want to. It just seems like they don't want to.

1e100 6y ago

It's rare, but I have occasionally seen left hand drive cars in Australia https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/register/left https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/registration/register/left

FuckMeNow69 6y ago
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Waterluvian 6y ago

I'm not sure but I bet it's perfectly legal to drive a right hand drive in North America.

rsj_hn 6y ago
Yes, it is, but you can't sell a right hand car here. Individuals have to import it, but sometimes this happens.
- adolph 6y ago
  Seems to be a lively market: http://www.texasjdm.com/ http://www.texasjdm.com/ Jeep has a RHD Wrangler for 2021 and I’m not certain if they ever paused making them.
  - sjwalter 6y ago
    Your comment elides that Jeep exclusively markets these (afaik) to USPS for rural delivery drivers. Though they are widely available in the secondary market, are you sure they sell them directly to consumers?
    - Spooky23 6y ago
      Rural mail carriers are contractors who buy their own vehicles. Anyone can order that jeep or a RHD Subaru.
      - sjwalter 6y ago
        Great to know, thanks.
- olyjohn 6y ago
  There are no laws against selling right hand drive cars in the US.
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loeg 6y ago
Mail carriers often have right-hand drive in NA.
fomine3 6y ago
Possibly the self-driving system on a car sold in JP/UK is optimized for left side, and vice versa.

TheRealSteel 6y ago

I was more getting at that if they aren't interested in the US market they're unlikely interested in the other ones I mentioned either, rather than commenting on sidedness. Yes, technically it's easier to bring this car to other RHD countries but I'm assuming Honda has plenty of manufacturing capacity to do that if they want to. It just seems like they don't want to.