Remember, in south and central America (including Mexico and the Caribbean), most of the cars are used cars from the U.S. It is therefore no surprise that the scales would be dual. My guess is that cars manufactured for sale in those countries would be km/h only.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Euric Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 10:41 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:31093] RE: km/h on speedometers Then why is it in some countries American auto companies use dual scales, and non-Americans don't? In markets where dual unit scales are forbidden, of course they have to comply, but where it isn't, for example, on the American continent (south and north) they use them. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2004-09-10 21:12 Subject: [USMA:31088] RE: km/h on speedometers > > > I would hope this applies to USA models only and > > GM > > > cars sold outside the US > > > are metric only. > > > > > > Euric > > The models manufactured to be sold outside the > US would be built to the motor vehicle standards > of the destination country. > > So, if the destination country required speedometers > that were solely in metric, then they would only > contain metric units. > > Stephen Gallagher > >
