I remember reading in a 2004 magazine “this new model for 2005 with a V6 turbodiesel will not come to the United Kingdom, since its engine can’t be configured for right-hand-drive”.
I would appreciate any basic explanation.
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To follow on with others mentioning layout…
There are a lot of things attached to the engine, like the alternator, the air conditioning compressor, alternator, power steering. Also the positions of the engine mounts. These could be what’s in the way for routing the steering mechanism.
probably more to do with the layout of the engine and steering column more than anything else. The engine doesnt care what side of the road you drive but it may take up space where the steering column needs to go.
Haven’t seen that but it must be that something in the engine bay made it impossible to put the steering column on the right instad of the left.
I have seen some wacky things done to convert to right hand drive: odd lever systems for the brake mechanism so the brake hydraulics would not have to be moved. But moving the steering was not really possible for that specific model, I reckon. A V6 with turbos takes up a lot of space. Possibly that car with a different engine did come to the UK?
I think you have misremembered/misunderstood. It is likely a result of the layout of the steering column, meaning that the steering wheel cannot be moved to the other side of the vehicle.
Engine bay layout is all.
I remember one of the Subaru Legacies came twin turbo but only for the right hand drive model.
LHD had the steering column in the way, which is where the second turbo is mounted. Without some very funky piping and re-routing of things in the engine bay, LHD models could not take certain engine swaps.
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