First Yaris, now Hilux...

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

RAM 1500 is looking better every day

And I read somewhere a company up north is patenting a design for making left to right hand drive conversion far easier without any engine bay changes with mention of speaking to overseas manufacturers.

During a recent press conference, the head of sales and marketing at Toyota Australia, Sean Hanley, was asked when HiLux pricing would “come back to earth” and get closer to its long-standing drive-away offers over the past two years.

Usually gravity brings things back to Earth however it will be interesting to see if they can keep things high before incentives kick in and competitors sharpen their pricing.

[Hulsty]

Originally Posted by Dr Smith

And I read somewhere a company up north is patenting a design for making left to right hand drive conversion far easier without any engine bay changes with mention of speaking to overseas manufacturers.

Usually gravity brings things back to Earth however it will be interesting to see if they can keep things high before incentives kick in and competitors sharpen their pricing.

Bringing back the old chains and rods under the dash?

[Dr Smith]

Originally Posted by Hulsty

Bringing back the old chains and rods under the dash?

Not sure how much is marketing or if it's something new:
https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...nual-ram-sales

The box means accessories and lift kits designed for left-hand drive vehicles can still be bolted onto the 1500, and minimises the amount of expensive, complicated conversion work that needs to be done in the engine bay.

“A number of years ago we designed this new method where we do a steering transfer inside the cabin, it just sits behind the dash,” Mr Kocwa said.

“It’s a simple, simple method… basically we leave everything in the engine bay alone, and we just use the steering transfer box on the original driver’s side, a steering transfer shaft, and then another steering transfer box.

The transfer box is why SCD says it can have the pumped-up 1500 TRX in Australia by Christmas with its supercharged V8.

The company and its chief engineer, Karan Jain, is currently working to homologate its transfer box for carmakers looking to install it from the factory. Mr Kocwa remained tight-lipped on which brands and cars, naturally.

“This is an Australian initiative that can now be sold around the world… it has applications not just in the car industry,” Mr Kocwa said.

[Crazy Dazz]

Originally Posted by Dr Smith

And I read somewhere a company up north is patenting a design for making left to right hand drive conversion far easier without any engine bay changes with mention of speaking to overseas manufacturers.

When I was a kid, my brother had an old car, I have nfi what it was.

It was RHD, but it had all the holes for LHD, with proper blanks installed in each.
The dashboard was perfectly symmetrical. The Glove-Box and the Instrument Cluster were interchangeable. He never attempted it, but from what he could see, the steering box and arms could simply be swapped from right to left.