If Myanmar drives on the right, the cars will be LHD. For driving on the left 
you need RHD. There are a small number of US-made cars in RHD – the Chevy Cruze 
for one, as well as some Chrysler and Jeep models (although these are often 
assembled in Austria from kits supplied from the US, with the RHD components 
sourced locally). It’s not only the position of the steering wheel that has to 
be considered – most of the rest of the world outside North America requires a 
higher standard of lighting as well, with such things as amber rear and side 
turn signals, high intensity rear fog lights, brighter headlamps with an 
asymmetric beam, etc., and few cars sourced from the US or Canada meet these 
requirements.

All cars in Australia must be RHD by law – LHD is proscribed there.

Many Fords, such as the latest Mondeo, Fiesta and Focus, are now produced in 
almost identical versions in North America, Europe and elsewhere, and thus Ford 
could source cars for Myanmar from almost anywhere.

John F-L

From: Kilopascal 
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 3:49 AM
To: U.S. Metric Association 
Subject: Ford to sell cars and pickup trucks in Myanmar - Cars - Boston.com

We all know Ford's cars are made in the metric system, but when Ford sells 
trucks to Myanmar, what units will appear on the instrument cluster?  Will Ford 
have metric only as that is what other vehicles have on their instruments or 
will Ford figure that since Myanmar is one of the uncommitted three that it 
will give them miles?

http://www.boston.com/cars/news-and-reviews/2013/02/28/ford-sell-cars-and-pickup-trucks-myanmar/2kTx2POhpi4rnY2a9V9YmK/story.html

If I'm not mistaken, Myanmar drives on the right and no American car company 
produces right and drive cars in the US for the export market.  But I would 
assume Ford Australia must produce right hand vehicles and maybe it the cars 
will come in from Australia. 

Funny how the American press wants you believe the cars will come from the US, 
otherwise why would they care if Ford sells cars in Myanmar if they are 
produced somewhere else?
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