One might expect the Deutchers to design their sports cars WITH LOGIC, (UND
YOU VILL ENJOY THEM!), whereas the French and Italians with their Bugattis,
Delahayes, Alfas, etc went for the illogical mystique of RHD in a LHD world.
I am not so sure about Italy driving on the left prior to WW II, and I
believe prewar Fiats were LHD. Topolinos anyone?
Paul Meis
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>From: "Roger Sieling" <sarl45@hotmail.com>
>To: J.Holland@g-icap.com, simon@mondes.com, pmeis@wfubmc.edu
>Subject: RE: RHD
>Date: Tue, Jan 30, 2001, 12:08 PM
>
> I guess Mercedes 540K was not a sports car, nor the BMW 328. Of course, the
> Italians and and French would have preferred neither of these companies or
> Auto Union to have raced pre-war.
>
>
>>From: James Holland <J.Holland@g-icap.com>
>>Reply-To: James Holland <J.Holland@g-icap.com>
>>To: "'Simon Favre'" <simon@mondes.com>, Paul Meis <pmeis@wfubmc.edu>
>>CC: Vintage <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: RE: RHD
>>Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:31:14 -0000
>>
>>Never heard of Bugatti?
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Simon Favre [SMTP:simon@mondes.com]
>> > Sent: 29 January 2001 21:26
>> > To: Paul Meis
>> > Cc: Vintage
>> > Subject: Re: RHD
>> >
>> > Actually, I believe Italy was driving on the left until this little
>>fracas
>> > we call WWII. All Alfa Romeos that left the factory before WWII were
>>RHD.
>> > The German and French cars were LHD, the Italian and British were RHD. I
>> > guess the French and Germans weren't known for sports cars back then...
>> > ;=)
>> >
>> > Paul Meis wrote:
>> > >
>> > > One of the oddities about RHD to me is the fact that despite roads
>>being
>> > > governed by traffic on the right, many expensive European sports cars
>>of
>> > the
>> > > twenties and thirties had RHD. I believe this included Hispano-Suiza,
>> > and
>> > > Alfa. The reasons for this choice are not clear to me. Was this a way
>>of
>> > > pretending that these grand tourers were meant for competition?
>>Perhaps
>> > the
>> > > Alfisti on the list can enlighten us.
>> > > Paul Meis, Team Escargot
>> > > 69 NTM sports racer, RHD
>> > > Honda S2000, LHD
>>
>>
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