Used Cars from Japan Blog » lhd cars http://www.best-trade-car.com/blog Japanese Used Car and Truck Exporters Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Japanese Used Cars for Russia http://www.best-trade-car.com/blog/japanese-used-cars-for-russia.html http://www.best-trade-car.com/blog/japanese-used-cars-for-russia.html#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:35:41 +0000 admin http://www.best-trade-car.com/blog/?p=167 Under Russian traffic rules, drivers must drive on the right side of the road but traffic officials generally tolerate cars with Japanese style Right Hand Drive (RHD) cars designed to run on the left hand side of the road.

Right Hand Drive Car from Japan

Right Hand Drive Car from Japan

Used cars from Japan are as popular as Left Hand Drive (LHD) cars by Russian automobile makers such as Volga.   As per the latest estimates, Russia has more than 1.5 million RHD vehicles on its roads.  In the far eastern regions of Russia, such as Vladivostok, RHD cars make up to 90% of the total.  Many drivers in this region own cars with right-hand drive imported from Japan.  This includes not only private cars, but also government vehicles, ambulances and police cars.

However, Russian bureaucrats have recently launched a full-scale campaign against used cars with right-hand drive. This is said to be incited and financed by Russian domestic automakers and Western corporations who plan to set up their automobile factories in Russia.  Russia also plans to sharply raise duties on used imported cars to protect its domestic automobile makers.

Recently, thousands of drivers in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok have rallied against a possible government ban on cars with right-hand steering wheels, which is proposed by the Russian government commission.  Protesters also criticized a proposal to raise tariffs on imported vehicles.  Drivers gathered in the city centre and held signs saying “We have the right to right-hand wheels”.

Similar protests were held in other cities of Russia’s far east, including Khabarovsk and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

We understand that many of our Russian customers would be affected by such regulation changes.  However, we will try to do our best by finding partners who could offer services to conver RHD cars to LHD,  replace headlamps etc to meet the new regulations.

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Used Left Hand Drive Cars

Being an exporter of used Left hand drive as well as Right hand drive used cars, we now truly export used cars worldwide.

I will be in San Diego, USA on a business trip from December 11 to December 15. I’d love to meet our customers in Southern California during that period.

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