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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 March 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side of ...
Both the new Vauxhall models continued the success of their predecessors. The Victor achieved new sales records for Vauxhall and in the late 1950s was Britain's most exported car, being sold in most right-hand drive car markets such as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Singapore.
Beaumonts were also locally assembled in South Africa at the GM Port Elizabeth assembly plant using CKD kits with a mirror-flipped 1968 Chevelle instrument cluster and dash (South African market cars are right-hand drive). Both Chile and South Africa commenced local assembly with CKD kits and local content components to avoid import tariffs.
It is even possible for car buyers in the United Kingdom to buy right-hand drive cars in EU countries with right-hand traffic where left-hand drive cars are the norm. [ 7 ] Japanese used vehicle exporting is a large global business, as rigorous road tests and high depreciation make such vehicles worth very little (in Japan) after six years, and ...
South Africa was the first international market that AMC entered the right-hand drive production of the Hornet. Before the Hornet, the Rambler American was assembled in South Africa first by National Motor Assemblers Limited (NMA) in Durban and in 1968 at the Datsun assembly plant Rosslyn Motor Assemblers.
The saloon, introduced in South Africa only in the second quarter of 1989, [32] was known simply as the "Ford Sapphire". [33] Versions sold in South Africa were available with the 1.6 and 2.0 (Pinto) four-cylinders, 2.3 V6 (Cologne) or 3.0-litre V6 (Essex) petrol engines. While the Cortina MkV in South Africa had retained the old 3.0 V6 Essex ...
Proton began importing cars to the right-hand drive UK market from March 1989, and reached its 12-month sales target of 5,000 cars after just six months. [124] The Proton brand was initially a huge success in the UK, but sales were declining sharply by 2010 and the brand was withdrawn in 2014. [citation needed]
On October 10, 2006, GM began producing the Hummer H3 at its Port Elizabeth plant in South Africa for international markets. [13] The Hummers built there at first were only left-hand drive, but right-hand drive versions were added and exported to Australia and other markets.