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Can a car with a steering wheel on the right side drive legaly on american roads?

Apr 23, 2009 by Joshua F | Posted in Buying & Selling

Im looking to buy a 1980 Audi Quattro from britain, unfortunatly, they all have the steering wheel on the right side, is that legal to drive in the us? if i have to get a special permit, or anything, more info on it would be appreciated

NO- it is a gray market vehicle. It will NOT pass any safety or emissions standards in the USA.

$1,539,684,631,121 Clinton Debt | Apr 23, 2009

yep, they're legal.
Stangman | Apr 23, 2009

Yes they can. The mail carriers have the steering column on the right. Good luck! (I don't think you need a special permit).
Dana R | Apr 23, 2009

Does Japanese car can be driven in Miami FL? The ones that brings the steering wheel on the right side?

Feb 27, 2010 by Omar | Posted in Safety

I was wondering if the vehicles that people import from Japan can be driven in Miami... As you guys now they come with the steering wheel on the right side, i have seen like 20 cars like that on the streets already but i don't know if that is illegal.
Thank you very much!

They are legal to import and drive as long as they have passed both the EPA emission laws and the NHTSA safety laws requirements........

UCANTCME | Feb 27, 2010


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A Preservationist's Last Battle

31.12.69

For 40 years, Bill Lavicka fought noisily to save old Chicago churches, houses and other neighborhood architecture from the wrecking ball. He worked quietly to restore buildings all over the city, rehabilitating dozens in his whimsical style.

One day in 2004, Lavicka lamented that for 17 years he had been maintaining his odd and out-of-the-way Vietnam Survivors Memorial on Oakley Boulevard, and he was starting to worry about who would look after it when he was gone.

“How many more 17 years do you think I got left?” he said.

This year Lavicka, an outspoken Chicago activist, artist and real estate developer, now 66, received a diagnosis of Stage 4 colon cancer, and he is counting time in far smaller increments.

Jonathan Fine, executive director of the nonprofit group Preservation Chicago, said Lavicka’s greatest contribution as a preservationist was his first. In 1973, Lavicka and others created “an Eden on the West Side” when they saved from urban-renewal demolition a section of 1880s mansions on the 1500 block of West Jackson Boulevard.

Source: Chicago News Cooperative

Steering Wheel on right side - News


Head to head: 2011 Volkswagen Routan
Montreal Gazette - Dec 31, 1969
However, what stands out more in my eyes is the way Volkswagen uses the steering-wheel-mounted controls. Like Chrysler, they are placed behind the steering wheel, meaning you have to use them blind until you memorize which one does what.

Newest Toyota Yaris shows off larger, sportier footprint
Canada.com - Dec 31, 1969
Newest Toyota Yaris shows off larger, sportier footprint The Motor ReportWhen it was introduced, the Echo arrived as a neat subcompact package with but one oddity - the instrument cluster sat right in the middle of the dash and not behind the steering wheel. Yaris shows its sportier sideall 31 news articles »

2012 Toyota Yaris
Autos.ca - Dec 31, 1969
The convenience package is standard equipment on the Yaris SE, also a five-door model, that takes the content level up several notches with its sport-tuned suspension, quicker ratio steering, four wheel disc brakes (with one inch larger front discs and more »

Icon Bronco
Autoblog (blog) - Dec 31, 1969
Needless to say, after just a few minutes, we agreed with Ward's assessment that tolerating one on a daily basis could be frustrating. Feedback from the steering, throttle and clutch were virtually nil – we found ourselves sawing at the wheel to keep and more »

2012 Hyundai Santa Fe
The Car Connection - Dec 31, 1969
Steering isn't a Hyundai strong suit, and it's a little vague and wandery here, but ride quality is on the right side of soft, with well-controlled motions, and the Santa Fe's cabin is generally quiet. By the numbers, the Santa Fe is a few inches and more »