New Disco 4 Arrived!!!

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Originally Posted by Duck's Guts

.... the LHD market thing was the reason.
Same for the indicator/blinker stalk being on the left of the steering column

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Just about all UK cars are , long before exporting began .......
Was a real annoyance since changing gear and indicating lane
changes at the same time was difficult .

Could be that the UK is part of the EU. It seems that the EU is trying to standardise everything (remember the Euro sausage episode of Yes Minister). So some Dingbat in Brussels has probably decreed that all European cars will have the bonnet release on the left, why, because he could.
Jonesfam

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Originally Posted by iannicki

I was told by a dealer in 2009 that it was a safety design issue in the UK (right-hand drive). When you pull over to the left, it prevents the person who is operating the bonnet lever from being on the traffic side of the vehicle.

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That was actually my first though, but I guess we'd have to ask a LH Drive owner if their lever is on the RHS. If the answer is no, well I guess it's back to the volume sales market then, as apposed to a nice safety feature.

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Originally Posted by iannicki

When you pull over to the left, it prevents the person who is operating the bonnet lever from being on the traffic side of the vehicle.

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Does this mean that LR knows that the average LR will break down and need the bonnet opening?

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Does this mean that LR knows that the average LR will break down and need the bonnet opening?

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No, it's just to fill the washer bottle.....;)