A new RHD for an extra £2500?

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Maxwell Smart
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Is it possible? A new RHD for only $5000 USD more?

They make armoured vehicles but if you look at the options they have a RHD conversion option for $5000.

http://www.customarmoring.com/armored-mercedes-G500.html

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Dan wrote:
These are going to be pre 2000 then.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3091429

Not sure when Malaysia got them but yes I think so, or there about. Though I believe they produced RHD 461s for a bit longer than 463s.

But the G280CDI that I posted in the Graz Trip Gallery is a 2007. Of course its only a prototype.

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whats the deal with the australia thing. im a bit behind, are they giving benz the contract and if so does it show hope for a longer production run and maybe ever a few more RHD?

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They are currently at the evaluation stage... a number of 4x4 and 6x6 prototypes have been built and offered to the Aussies for evaluation. But so far no go ahead....

We were told by Mr Jürgen Achilles that if RHD countries can prove a demand of 250 Gs per annum, they would make all models in RHD in the factory in Graz. Problem is that, in one of the RHD markets with greater demand -Japan- customer prefer LHD cars to let everybody know that they are driving an imported car. Thus the G is currently exported to Japan in LHD only. I think that in the best year Max Macarthur sold 30 RHD Gs...

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Interesting.... Are they saying that it must be a total of 250 cars in RHD across the UK or the world? If Australia took some, I am sure that the other RHD countries could make the 250?

A nice 320 V6 or 420V8 RHD with the new 'load out'..... where do I place my deposit?

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RHD countries I can think of would be;
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AU Australia
BB Barbados
BD Bangladesh
BN Brunei Darussalam
BS the Bahamas
BT Bhutan
BW Botswana
CY Cyprus
DM Dominica
FJ Fiji
GB the United Kingdom
GD Grenada
GY Guyana
ID Indonesia
IE Ireland
IN India
JM Jamaica
JP Japan
KE Kenya
KI Kiribati
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
LC Saint Lucia
LK Sri Lanka
LS Lesotho
MT Malta
MU Mauritius
MV Maldives
MW Malawi
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
NA Namibia
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NZ New Zealand
PG Papua New Guinea
PK Pakistan
SB the Solomon Islands
SC Seychelles
SG Singapore
SR Suriname
SZ Swaziland
TH Thailand
TL Timor-Leste
TO Tonga
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TV Tuvalu
TZ the United Republic of Tanzania
UG Uganda
VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
ZA South Africa
ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe

Sovereign state
ISO
3166 Areas driving on the left side of the road

Somaliland (SO-AW, SO-SA, SO-SO, SO-TO, SO-WO)

Australia
CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands
CX Christmas Island
NF Norfolk Island

The People's Republic of China
HK Hong Kong
MO Macao

The United Kingdom
AI Anguilla
BM Bermuda
FK the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
GB-GSY Guernsey
GB-JSY Jersey
GB-IOM the Isle of Man
KY the Cayman Islands
MS Montserrat
PN Pitcairn
SH Saint Helena
TC Turks and Caicos Islands
VG the British Virgin Islands

New Zealand
CK the Cook Islands
NU Niue
TK Tokelau

The United States
VI the United States Virgin Islands

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Well Jürgen thought that the UK alone would be good for 200 units. South Africa said they would be good for about 30-50 if I recall.

However MBUK with all their enthusiasm won't commit to more than 50.