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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